Duane Locke, Doctor of Philosophy, English Renaissance literature, Professor Emeritus of the Humanities was Poet in Residence at the University of Tampa over 20 years.

As of October, 2004 Duane has had 5,000 poems published. Over 2,000 were published in print magazines, such as American Poetry Review, Nation, and Bitter Oleander. He is the author of 14 print books of poetry, and in 2002, added 3 E books, The Squids Dark Ink, From a Tiny Room, and The Death of Daphne.