Floyd Skloot
Floyd Skloot
Floyd Skloot is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist who has often written about the search for meaning through personal loss and the struggle for coherence in a fragmented world. Some of his work has dealt with his battle with neurological damage caused by a virushe contracted in 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
CountryUnited States of America
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