Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Mark Turcotte: Songs for the Endless Others
Poet Mark Turcotte (b. 1958) spent his earliest years on North Dakota’s Turtle Mountain reservation and in several migrant camps in the western U.S. Drawn to Chicago in 1993, partly because of the city’s thriving poetry scene, he established himself … Continue reading
Remembering Julian Bond
Julian Bond (b. 1940) passed away this past August 15, 2015. He led an extraordinary life of service, especially in the cause of Civil Rights: one of the founders of SNCC (The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), first president of the … Continue reading
Students with Style
So many different “styles,” depending on what you’re writing and for whom. Yet in ENG 265 – Style, I’ve tried to define a “standard” style, a style of writing you’d read in some of our greatest publications—The New Yorker, The … Continue reading