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Against Pure Purity – Part 2

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Richard Guzman

This is Part 2 of an essay I gave as a talk at a philosophy & religion conference in Kolkata, India, August 2002.  I sought to apply new ideas about Indian novelist Raja Rao to multicultural and political issues then … Continue reading →

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Against Pure Purity – Part 1

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Richard Guzman

I gave a version of this essay as a talk at a philosophy & religion conference in Kolkata, India, August 2002.  Re-reading some literary criticism I had published 20 years earlier in the Virginia Quarterly, I sought to apply new ideas about Indian novelist Raja Rao … Continue reading →

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Lilies

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Richard Guzman

              Water asks of God only Stillness—so that up from Murky bottoms—through The weavings of fish—chill Spring light may call out Dormant roots—humid summer Light spread and spread green Plates of being—Love calling And … Continue reading →

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