Category Archives: Chicago Writing

Useni Eugene Perkins: The Artist as Social Activist

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Richard Guzman

In his introduction to Perkins’ latest book Images and Memories: Selected Poems, Haki Madhubuti says that, “Of the Chicago writers to emerge out of the dynamic sixties, [Perkins] is one of the few who embraced the mission of cultural worker/artist/activist.”  … Continue reading →

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Carlos Cumpian: Everyday Apocalypses

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Richard Guzman

Below listen to Carlos Cumpian read “When Jesus Walked,” one of two Cumpian poems I included in Smokestacks and Skyscrapers: An Anthology of Chicago Writing. One of the country’s finest Hispanic-Latino-American poets (a designation clumsy but inaccurate and made up … Continue reading →

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Smokestacks and Skyscrapers: An Anthology of Chicago Writing

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Richard Guzman

Smokestacks and Skyscrapers: An Anthology of Chicago Writing, edited by David Starkey and Richard Guzman, is the most comprehensive collection of Chicago writing ever made.  Starting with the early explorer Father Marquette and the Potowatami Chief Metea and ending with … Continue reading →

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