Ron McFarland is the author of nine collections of poetry including Stranger in Town: New & Selected (Confluence, 2000) and At the Ballpark (Pudding House, 2005). His memoir of growing up in Florida in the 1950s & 60s, Confessions of a Night Librarian & Other Embarrassments, was published by the Florida Historical Society Press in 2005. His poems appear in Smartish Pace, Issue 2, 10 and 13. [bio updated 2006]