Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Willard Motley: His “Race”
In the Afterword of my book Black Writing from Chicago, after I apologize first for not including the great novelist Leon Forrest, I apologize second for not including Willard Motley. I wrote: “Among other worthy novelists that could not be … Continue reading
Homelessness and Public Libraries
The VIDEO below shows a couple of minutes of a sneak preview we attended for the movie The Public on March 18, 2019. It featured a wonderful Q&A with Emilio Esteves, where he explains the connection between public libraries and … Continue reading
The Racial Wealth Gap and Home Ownership
In my recent post on “The Racial Wealth Gap,” I mentioned a growing number of articles and videos on this issue, but said I thought the best of these was a 16-minute film The Racial Wealth Gap, the very first … Continue reading