Purpose of Meeting
Sponsored by the Friends of the Baldwinsville Public Library. A conversation with local author Jim Farfiglia from Oswego County. Jim is also a former teacher and camp director. He has published two books of poems: Country Boy, a testimonial to his farming family and rural roots, and People, Places & Things: The Powerful Nouns of My Life. Jim is also the co-author of Camp Hollis: The Origins of Oswego County's Children's Camp and the editor of Harvest and I Live As a Cloud, two collections of children's writing. Jim has also published two anthologies of local history: Fulton: The Stories From Our Past That Inspire Our Future and Of the Earth: The Stories of Oswego County's Muck Farm. His poetry has been featured in "Farming Magazine," "The Garden & Farm Almanac," and in several literary anthologies. Jim's poems are featured in The Valley News' weekly column, "Poetry Corner." Jim maintains a website at jimfarfaglia.weebly.com.