John Skoyles has published four books of poems, A Little Faith; Permanent Change; Definition of the Soul and most recently, The Situation.  His work has appeared in Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Atlantic, Harvard Review, Slate, Yale Review and The Poetry Anthology, 1912 – 2002, among others.  He is also the author of two books of prose, 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.  He has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, and Warren Wilson College, where he directed the MFA program.  He is currently Professor in the Writing, Literature and Publishing Department of Emerson College, and the poetry editor of Ploughshares.

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