Author Archives: Richard Guzman

ICE in the Neighborhood

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Richard Guzman

The Video below, posted on Facebook by a person who’s not in my Friend category, shows ICE agents stopping and checking cars at Galena and Blackhawk—just a mile from my house—on September 30, 2025.  They’re by a park where two … Continue reading →

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Albert Halper: Summer in Chicago

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Richard Guzman

This is one of a large series devoted to Chicago writers.  These articles are expansions of ones written as introductions to two anthologies of Chicago writing I did: first, with David Starkey, Smokestacks and Skyscrapers, and second, my Black Writing … Continue reading →

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Elijah and Obadiah

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Richard Guzman

The sermon below is a preached version of an article I wrote long ago analyzing the story of the beginning of the prophet Elijah’s ministry.  That beginning is told in I Kings 17-19, and you can read the article (“Elijah: … Continue reading →

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