The Wink of the Zenith: The Shaping of a Writer's Life

Floyd Skloot is the author of four novels, most recently Patient 002; six collections of poetry, including The End of Dreams; a collection of essays; and three previous memoirs. He is the winner of three Pushcart Prizes, the most recent for his essay, ¿The Voice of the Past,¿ which appears in The Wink of the Zenith. His memoir In the Shadow of Memory (available in a Bison Books edition) was named a Best of 2003 nonfiction title by the Chicago Tribune and was a 2003 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award nonfiction finalist. His memoir¿A World of Light (Nebraska 2005) was a New York Times Book Review Editor¿s Choice selection for 2005.