Category Archives: Writing

“Coming Into Lent”

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Richard Guzman

            Lent is an airport we land at just when we Had begun to hope for an early spring. That final glide path with engines cut back Brings a swooshing quietness, until close To the … Continue reading →

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Activism & Inwardness: An Appreciation of Carolyn Rodgers (1945-2010)

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Richard Guzman

Remarks at her Memorial by Richard R. Guzman, ETA Theater, Chicago, May 4, 2010. ____________________ Thank you for inviting me to take part in this memorial. It is one of my life’s great honors.  And thank you for letting me … Continue reading →

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The Saint and the Sage: The Fiction of Raja Rao – Part 1

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Richard Guzman

This essay originally appeared in The Virginia Quarterly.  It  focuses on Raja Rao’s three major novels (Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, and The Cat and Shakespeare), arguing that they parallel the three stages of Vedic enlightenment—myth, philosophy, and perception—and … Continue reading →

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