Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Stranger in the Village: Style and Rage
I, like many others, believe that James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” is the greatest essay ever written in English. It’s scope, for one, is titanic. It moves from a story of one black man’s experiences in a Swiss village … Continue reading
Climbing Bryan’s Mountain, 2016 – Part 1
This is Part 1 of my 2016 journal excerpt from the series “Climbing Bryan’s Mountain.” Part 2 features a Video of a bike ride slogging up to and zooming down from Bryan’s Mountain, otherwise known as Bell Rock, an iconic … Continue reading
Code Switch: Students’ Choice
National Public Radio presents several shows and podcasts of immense help in understanding issues of race, ethnicity, culture and identity, among the best being CODE SWITCH: Race and Identity Remixed. This summer a dozen graduate students in my course Race, … Continue reading