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John Skoyles

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Queens, New York, The United States

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Poetry, Memoir, Fiction

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John is the poetry editor of Ploughshares. He has published seven books of poems, A Little Faith; Permanent Change; Definition of the Soul; The Situation; Inside Job; Suddenly It's Evening: Selected Poems, and Yes & No. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Atlantic, Harvard Review, Slate and the Yale Review, among others. He is also the author of Generous Strangers, a collection of personal essays, several of which were broadcast on public radio; and a memoir, Secret Frequencies: A New York Education. His awards include two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as fellowships from the New York and North Carolina Arts Councils. In 2003, he became a member of th ...more

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	A Moveable Famine 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smoky Mountain Cage Bird Society: And Other Magical Tales from Everyday Life by John Skoyles (Goodreads Author), Skoyles 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Frequencies: A New York Education 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Faith 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Generous Strangers and Other Moments from My Life 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars