Idaho Commission for Libraries

Idaho's Poetry: A Centennial Anthology (1988), edited by Ron McFarland and William Studebaker, collects works from over one hundred of the state's poets. It is arranged by period, beginning with native American poems from five of Idaho's tribes, moving to pioneer poetry, to poets of the new state between 1900-1940, to "the third generation" of 1940-1980, to contemporary poets.

Ron McFarland teaches English at the University of Idaho and is the author of many books of poetry as well as works about James Welch, Norman Maclean, and other writers. William Studebaker is also a poet and writer of short stories, essays, and articles. He teaches at the College of Southern Idaho.

Read the Tough Paradise essay on Idaho's Poetry

Information on Ron McFarland

This website is Prof. McFarland's personal site: http://www.uidaho.edu/~ronmcf/

Information on William Studebaker

This website is Prof. Studebaker's personal site:
http://www.csi.cc.id.us/eventsninfo/personnel/ipfacdir/Detail.CFM?Employees__EmployeeID=406

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