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James McCourt
is the venerable author of Mawrdew Czgowchwz, the tale of the ultimate diva; Kaye Wayfaring in Avenged; Time Remaining, an AIDS lament;
Delancey's Way, a Washington saga; Wayfaring at Waverly in Silver Lake; Queer Street, the Rise and Fall of an American Culture; and Now Voyagers, Book
One: The Night Sea Journey. "The Canticle of Skoozle" is a segment from his eventually forthcoming On Life So Far & The Pathetique. He lives in New York City, Washington, Dublin, and Crossmolina, County Mayo, with the novelist and
renowned picture editor Vincent Virga.
“The Canticle of Skoozle” was produced by Triple Canopy as part of its
Immaterial Literature project area, supported in part by the Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts.