John Skoyles

John Skoyles (b. 1949 in New York, New York) is an American poet and writer.

Skoyles has taught at Southern Methodist University, Sarah Lawrence College, Warren Wilson College and Emerson College. He directed the MFA Program at Warren Wilson from 1984 to 1992, and served as Chair of the Emerson College Writing, Literature and Publishing Department from 1994 to 2001. He was executive director of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1992-94 and again from January to July 2007.

He was educated at Fairfield University and the University of Iowa.

Books

* "A Little Faith", poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1981)
* "Permanent Change", poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991)
* "The Smoky Mountain Cage Bird Society and Other Magical Tales from Everyday Life", nonfiction (New York: "Kodansha International, 1997)
* "Definition of the Soul", poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1998)
* "Generous Strangers and Other Moments from My Life", memoir (New York: Kodansha International, 1999) This is a re-titled paperback reprint of "The Smoky Mountain Cage Bird Society."
* "Secret Frequencies: A New York Education", memoir (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003)
* "The Situation", poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2007)

External links

* [http://www.emerson.edu/writing_lit_publishing/faculty.cfm?facultyID=372 Emerson College Faculty Profile]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2137031/ Listen to "Three Shards" on Slate Magazine]

ources

"Contemporary Authors Online". The Gale Group, 2005.