Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Writing About the Philippines
This post serves partly as an index to the writing I’ve done on this site about my homeland, The Philippines. My relation to this homeland has been problematic my whole life, and, in fact, the list of writings below is … Continue reading
Memories from the Mountains
This piece was written many years ago for the Chicago Reader (which eventually didn’t publish it) as a review of the Field Museum exhibit “The People and Art of the Philippines” mounted in the early 1980’s. It is slightly modified … Continue reading
Our “Green Book” fantasy, plus other Oscar winners that don’t hold up
This was front page, Arts & Entertainment section, of the February 3, 2019, Chicago Tribune. Though the Christopher Borelli article focused on other things, my direct answer to the question about Green Book—which won 2019’s Oscar for Best Picture—is this: … Continue reading →