Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Climbing Bryan’s Mountain, 2018 – Part 2

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Richard Guzman

I have never done a “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” video.  Until now.  The VIDEO BELOW shows about 3 minutes of a month-long stay in Arizona and California, where we worked on our place in Sedona (it gets deep-cleaned … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama: Race, Class, and Legacy

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Richard Guzman

Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States, winning terms in 2008 and 2012. In my book Black Writing from Chicago, I included a passage from his best-selling autobiography Dreams from My Father.  That passage focused on … Continue reading →

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Climbing Bryan’s Mountain, 2018

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Richard Guzman

This is part of a series of excerpts from my Sedona journal, especially about my time on Bryan’s Mountain (Bell Rock to the rest of the world).  Go to the series’ Lead Post, and read about Emmanuel House, the living memorial … Continue reading →

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