Poetry. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard has called Louie Skipper "a true poet," and in this verse autobiography he reveals again his infinite capacity for wonder as a poet who knows his craft as well as anyone writing today. What is particularly rewarding about Mr. Skipper's work—and THE WORK ETHIC OF THE COMMON FLY, in particular—is an uncommon clarity in expressing his response to the world about us.