Author Archives: Richard Guzman
A.K. Ramanujan: A Country You Can’t Reach
Born in Mysore, India, Attippat Krishnaswami Ramanujan (1929-1994) is considered by many to be India’s finest modern poet writing in English, though he went far beyond English, his other writings as poet, scholar, playwright, philologist, folklorist, and translator ranging over … Continue reading
Neil Tesser: Out of Season
With everything on hold this year, including baseball, I’m re-reading Neil Tesser’s piece “Out of Season” with greater than average nostalgia. David Starkey and I put this piece in our 1999 book Smokestacks and Skyscrapers: An Anthology of Chicago Writing. … Continue reading
A Baccalaureate Sermon: It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know
Yesterday I had my last online video class with students who were studying “The Long 18th Century” with me this term. Online because of the world pandemic, because of which there won’t be any traditional graduation ceremonies, or much else … Continue reading