Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Carolyn Rodgers inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
This past Friday, the last day of November 2012, Carolyn Rodgers (1945-2010) was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. With her in this third class of inductees: James T. Farrell, Langston Hughes, Jane Addams, Sherwood Anderson, and Ernest Hemingway. … Continue reading
Posted in Black Writers, Chicago Writing, Diversity & Multiculturalism
Tagged A Train Called Judah, Black Writing from Chicago, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Ernest Hemingway, How i got ovah, James T. Farrell, Jane Addams, Langston Hughes, National Book Award, Prodigal Objects, Richard R. Guzman, Sherwood Anderson, Smokestacks and Skyscrapers, Society of Midland Authors Poet Laureate, Teaching Diversity, We're Only Human
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1917, Gwendolyn Brooks moved to Chicago as a youngster—and stayed. At the time of her death in November 2000, she was one of the most celebrated poets in American history: the recipient of more than … Continue reading
Posted in Black Writers, Chicago Writing, Diversity & Multiculturalism, Poetry
Tagged A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen. Maud Martha, Black life, Black Writing from Chicago, Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki Madhubuti, love and race, National Endowment for the Arts Lifetime Achievement, Pulitzer Prize, Richard R. Guzman, Teaching Diversity
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Meeting Frank Capra: A Holiday Tale
Of the holidays, Thanksgiving seems to get more lost each year, trapped as it is between two spending juggernauts, Halloween and Christmas. These two also duke it out decoration-wise, so that pumpkins and goblins often find themselves wreathed and hollied … Continue reading →