That's Where You Come in - Paperback

by John Skoyles (Author)

A meditation on loss and love.

The poems in That's Where You ComeIn address the loss over time of friends and family. And yet several figures return, ghost-like, to make appearances in the speaker's life: an uncle, a mother, a father, and close friends. Even a favorite dog returns to take the poet out to dinner in the afterlife. Despite the collection's focus on these losses, the book has a central thread of new love; many of these love poems are set in the urban landscape of New York City, capturing its streets, characters, and institutions.

Author Biography

John Skoyles' books of poetry and prose include Suddenly It's Evening: Selected Poems, Yes & No, Driven, and All the Question Marks. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Paris Review, among others. He lives in New York City.