Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Dick Gregory: Comedy and Social Change

Besides being one of the funniest men in the history of American comedy, DICK GREGORY (1932-2017) has been a groundbreaking black writer and an activist in Civil Rights, in politics, and in food and health issues.  An activist vegetarian, he … Continue reading

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Songs by DAN GUZMAN: Slippin’

A DAN GUZMAN song about floating up and sinking down, being dragged heaven-ward and pulled the other way, too, while people watch and can’t be very much help at all.  And then in the middle of all this, a luminous line: … Continue reading

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CONGRATULATIONS to Hear Us!

It worked!  on the edge, the “Hear Us” film telling the story of seven homeless moms and their children, will be shown on PBS stations across the nation on or around Mother’s Day this year. On Diane Nilan’s website for … Continue reading

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