Skellings' previously published books engage the greatest themes of literature: man against nature in Heart Attacks, man confronting man in Face Value; man against society in Showing My Age. Living Proof celebrates the creative moments in the arts, sciences, and daily life. A collection of poems never before in print, Personal Effects, reflects Skellings's insistence that human empathy must be the aim of mature imagination.

Writing and publishing for almost forty years, Skellings is renowned for his wit, humor, and high spirits as well as his trenchant social comment. With the customary flair of his language, these poems brings vintage Skellings back into print. Because Skellings is one of the finest live performers of poetry, the digital recording bound into the back of the book will make this a collector's item of remarkable value.