Author Archives: Richard Guzman
A Low Water Man
—This articles is part of a series on The Arts of the Essay— “Leave the astronauts out of it, or the paratroop teams that free-fall for 10,000 feet…Leave out the six people who have survived the 220-foot fall from the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Low Water Man, Edward Hoagland, Henri LaMothe, Professor Splash, The Arts of the Essay
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The Courage of Turtles
This article is part of a series on The Arts of the Essay. _______________ “Turtles are a kind of bird with the governor turned low.” That’s the first sentence of one of Edward Hoagland’s signature essays, “The Courage of Turtles.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Hoagland, The Arts of the Essay, The Courage of Turtles
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Students “Write” Race and Diversity
This post indexes several student projects on race and diversity I’ll feature on this site, partly as examples to other students about what their peers have done…and what they could do, too. Of the first three below, two came from … Continue reading
Posted in Social Change
Tagged diversity, Michael Murphy - Architecture that's built to heal, race, TED Talks
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