Author Archives: Richard Guzman
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
Rev. John L. Tilley: The Fountain of Time
Because he had to work to help support his family and could not attend school regularly, John Lee Tilley (1898-1971) did not graduate high school until he was 23. He went to Shaw University for a B.A., and then—as important … Continue reading
The Long 18th Century
Readers of this site know its focus on Black, World, and Chicago writing, as well as on issues of inequality and poverty, the wealth gap, imperialism and colonialism, race and racism, and the like. My courses carry a contemporary or … Continue reading
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Tagged Leo Damrosh, Samuel Johnson, The Club, The Long 18th Century
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