Floyd Skloot,
Writer
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The Night-Side
Story Line Press, Paper, 1996, 194 pp
The Night-Side, a collection of personal essays about the illness experience, was named one of the best books of the season by New Age Journal and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. The book also includes seven poems about artists whose work and lives were altered by illness. An essay from The Night-Side was included in The Best American Essays 1993.
"Rarely has so painful a subject‑‑being sick‑‑produced so exhilarating a book. Floyd Skloot's scope is broad, and his writing is full of wisdom and panache. He manages to turn physical affliction into literary gold. . . I hope The Night Side will take its rightful place alongside classic American writing about illness." —Lynne Sharon Schwartz
"One of the best books of the season."—New Age Journal
"His story will excite the sympathy and interest of every reader, and deserves a wide readership amongst clinicians."—The Journal of the American Medical Association
"Poignant … wry"—The Seattle Post‑Intelligencer
"Full of "hope, persistence and wonderful humor … [a] courageous book, full of anguish and love."—The Roanoke Times
"Skloot gives us a volume that turns a desperate condition into something approaching high art."—The Sewanee Review
“Award-winning poet, essayist, and novelist Skloot learned how serious illness can strike overnight and quickly rearrange every aspect of life. Skloot looks at his illness straight-on to explore Susan Sontag’s wild conundrum . . . about the healthiest way of being ill.” —Library Journal