FAIL reviewed in today's Key West The Newspaper
Today’s Blue Paper features Rick Boettger’s thoughtful review of FAIL. You can...
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The best book on tropes ever written--not hyperbole.
This sentence describing a dismal dinner is, says Mark Forsyth, “perhaps the...
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Holiday reading: a nostalgic Christmas book
As the holiday season approaches, those looking for something to cheer them...
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On friends and fossils
I was walking in the Missouri woods yesterday morning, in rural Warren...
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Poor grammar and poverty go hand-in-hand
When an idiosyncratic book on English grammar becomes a bestseller in the...
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St. Louis Magazine interview marks launch of my new mystery novel “Fail”
This week marks the launch by Blank Slate Press of my new...
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Rigorous summer math program suggests all kids can learn given the opportunity.
I recently interviewed a couple Washington University Engineering grads who are partnering...
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Ebola vs. Bubonic Plague
The current concerns about Ebola causing a global pandemic sent me back...
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Advance Praise for FAIL
“St. Louis noir…The slick prose readily entertains…Well-executed.”–Kirkus Reviews “Rick Skwiot proves himself...
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The St. Louis Public Schools mess: Protesting students demand–and deserve–better
For the past few years I’ve been tracking St. Louis Public Schools...
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