Category Archives: Writing

The “Third World:” A Course Overview

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Richard Guzman

The video below gives a course overview of MLS 634 – The “Third World,” a course I teach in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at North Central College.  It walks you through a recent syllabus, commenting on the books … Continue reading →

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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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