(The scene: Havana. The time: today. The characters: blocked and destitute Key West writer Con Martens; a young Ernest Hemingway, a.k.a. Nick Adams, sent from Writers Heaven...
Spiritual memoirs, interview with author Rick Skwiot
by Jerry Waxler
During the late 60s, when I was almost finished college, I wondered what life was going to be like...
From the UMSL Newsroom
By Rose Postma
Today University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Rick Skwiot is an award-winning author of several books, but in 1965 he was just a...
How Paradise Affects the Memory
Frequent SLM contributor Rick Skwiot writes both fiction and nonfiction; what he’s after is truth. In his new memoir— San Miguel de Allende,...
“I thoroughly enjoyed every page. The writing is, as expected, exquisite, but there is something new and powerful about this memoir… builds a strong emotional core...
Memoir of a Sensual Quest For Spiritual Healing
Reviewed by Rosalind Brackenbury
"San Miguel de Allende, Mexico"
By Rick Skwiot
Antaeus Books, $14
A memoir of a time, a place, the people...
Prologue
Nicholas Petrov stood with hands clasped behind him looking out from his glass bubble. That’s how it seemed at times. Glass walls on two sides running floor...