Category Archives: Writing

Erich Auerbach’s “Mimesis”

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Richard Guzman

This is the Lead Post in a series on Eric Auerbach’s landmark work Mimesis. Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature.  I believe one of my high school English teachers—Mr. James Ritchie?—mentioned off hand that he thought I’d like … Continue reading →

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Maya Angelou: “America’s Poet”

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Richard Guzman

Yesterday morning brought the news that Maya Angelou had died at age 86.  The news coverage was befitting this American icon—long segments on virtually every national and local newscast, front page New York Times, plus a full page and half … Continue reading →

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Post-Colonial Literatures in English: A Writers List

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Richard Guzman

> Go HERE for a list of prominent post-colonial writers who wrote their works originally in English, and to the links at the end of this post for “World Writers” written about on this site.   After doing two anthologies … Continue reading →

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