Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Climbing Bryan’s Mountain, 2014

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Richard Guzman

This post is part of a series consisting of excerpts from a journal I keep reflecting on loss, healing, change, and other adventures, usually during the few summer weeks I spend in Sedona, AZ.  Links to the LEAD POST and to Emmanuel House—an organization founded by … Continue reading →

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July 4th, But No Ray Charles

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Richard Guzman

The Video Below shows a few moments of the crowds at Naperville, Illinois’, Ribfest on July 4, 2014, and some of the fireworks which followed.  I did the video so that at the end I could put a few seconds … Continue reading →

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Nelson Algren’s City on the Make

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Richard Guzman

The Video Below presents a performance by David Starkey and me of a passage from “Nobody Knows Where O’Connor Went,” the last chapter of Nelson Algren’s great prose poem Chicago: City on the Make. Shortly after Loyola Press/Wild Onion published our book Smokestacks … Continue reading →

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