Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Bayan Ko

It’s the last day of 2021’s Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a month that saw hate crimes against the AAPI community continue surging.  I was in San Francisco recently, and every second I was on edge.  Every person seemed a … Continue reading

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Image and the Feminine Self

Over thirty years ago, from April 1-3, 1991, we held one of the largest and most successful conferences in North Central College’s history.  As head of the Visiting Lecturer/Cultural Events Committee and the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, I … Continue reading

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Red Wolves and Black Bears

This is part of a series on The Arts of the Essay, and also continues the Earth Day theme of  “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally?”  The short review below was written for The Virginia Quarterly Review in the late 70’s (a … Continue reading

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