Inside Job

by John Skoyles

The poems in Inside Job range from intensely autobiographical lyrics to brief historical portraits of literary figures like Grace Paley and Jorge Luis Borges, to obituaries of idiosyncratic characters such as heavyweight boxing contenders and inventors of candy bars. The tone is often wry, sometimes wistful, and always compassionate. Praise for John Skoyles: "For poems so full of linguistic playfulness, there is a surprising accuracy of perception."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887486142
• ISBN13: 9780887486142
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"