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Floyd Skloot

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Floyd was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1947, and moved to Long Beach, NY, ten years later. He graduated from Franklin & Marshall College with a B.A. in English, and completed an M.A. in English at Southern Illinois University, where he studied with the Irish poet Thomas Kinsella. From 1972 until becoming disabled by viral-borne brain damage in 1988, Floyd worked in the field of public policy in Illinois, Washington, and Oregon. He began publishing poetry in 1970, fiction in 1975, and essays in 1990. His work has appeared in many major literary journals in the US and abroad. His seventeen books have won wide acclaim and numerous awards, and are included in many high school and college curricula. In May, 2006 he received an honorary Doctor of...more

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Books by Floyd Skloot

Average rating: 3.66 · 373 ratings · 72 reviews · 22 distinct works

	In the Shadow of Memory 4.12 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer's Life 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Selected Poems: 1970-2005 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Cream of Kohlrabi 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Patient 002 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The End of Dreams: Poems 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Night-Side: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & the Illness Experience 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Approximately Paradise 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Snow's Music 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Summer Blue 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating: