Floyd SklootFloyd Skloot's poetry, memories, essays and fiction have won three Pushcart Prizes, the PEN USA Literary Award, two Pacific Northwest Book Awards, and have been finalists for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, the PEN Award for the Art of the Essay, nd the Paterson Prize in Poetry. In 2010, he was named one of fifty of the most inspiring authors in the world by Poets & Writers. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays, Best American Science Writing, Best Spiritual Writing, and Best Food Writing. Skloot's most recent books include APPROXIMATELY PARADISE (Tupelo Press, 2005), The Snow's Music (2006), The End of Dreams (2008), CREAM OF KOHLRABI (Tupelo Press, 2011), Revertigo: An off- Kilter Memoir (2014), and CLOSE READING (Eyewear Publishing, 2014). Read More Read Less