Author Archives: Richard Guzman

James Alan McPherson: Junior and John Doe

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Richard Guzman

James Alan McPherson wrote “Junior and John Doe” for Gerald Early’s 1993 essay collection Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation.  It’s a great essay in a great and important collection.  Twenty writers—on a spectrum … Continue reading →

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Toni Morrison: Playing in the Dark

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Richard Guzman

This title does say it all.  Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination focuses on the construction of whiteness in American literature, one of the central places America tries to establish itself as new, white, and … Continue reading →

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The Neighbor Project Challenge: BE the Neighbor

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Richard Guzman

May 11, 2019.  Just a year after Emmanuel House and The Joseph Corporation merged to become The Neighbor Project, the new organization held its very first Gala fund raiser in one of Aurora’s newest premium venues: Bureau Gravity, just across … Continue reading →

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