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William Attaway: Banana Boats and Civil Rights

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Richard Guzman

One of the most versatile black writers in American history, William Attaway wrote poems, stories, plays, music, and scripts for radio, television, and film.  With the appearance of his first novel Let Me Breathe Thunder in 1939, and especially Blood … Continue reading →

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Miscegenation and Me — Part 2

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Richard Guzman

Written originally for a proposed collection of essays by ex-Californian’s in “exile” titled “Leaving California,” this piece eventually wound up in SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speir’s book Mixing It Up: Multiracial Subjects (Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2004): 91-106.   The … Continue reading →

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