Category Archives: Writing

Red Wolves and Black Bears

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Richard Guzman

This is part of a series on The Arts of the Essay, and also continues the Earth Day theme of  “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally?”  The short review below was written for The Virginia Quarterly Review in the late 70’s (a … Continue reading →

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We Wear the Mask – Part 2

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Richard Guzman

I gave this talk nearly 31 years ago at a professional psychology conference, where I urged minorities to keep wearing masks.  For more detail and context, read the introduction to PART 1 of the talk.  Part 1 ended with James … Continue reading →

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We Wear the Mask – Part 1

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Richard Guzman

I gave the talk below at the Forest Institute for Professional Psychology’s first annual Cross Cultural Conference.  My thoughts weren’t exactly celebratory, nor did they seem to fit a psychology atmosphere, which usually asks us to lower our masks and … Continue reading →

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