Category Archives: Writing

Carolyn Rodgers’ Foreword to Black Writing from Chicago

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Richard Guzman

In 2005 Carolyn Rodgers agreed to write a Foreword to my book Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It? which came out the following year.  Gracious to me in print as she was in person, her words not only … Continue reading →

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Carolyn Rodgers inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Richard Guzman

This past Friday, the last day of November 2012, Carolyn Rodgers (1945-2010) was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.  With her in this third class of inductees: James T. Farrell, Langston Hughes, Jane Addams, Sherwood Anderson, and Ernest Hemingway.  … Continue reading →

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Gwendolyn Brooks

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Richard Guzman

Born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1917, Gwendolyn Brooks moved to Chicago as a youngster—and stayed. At the time of her death in November 2000, she was one of the most celebrated poets in American history: the recipient of more than … Continue reading →

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