Tag Archives: Black Writing from Chicago

All Things Baldwin

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Richard Guzman

This post serves as an index for everything James Baldwin on this site.  Along with Ray Charles, James Baldwin has forever, it seems, guided me along my professional life as an English professor, and both have done at least as … Continue reading →

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Margaret T. Burroughs: Black History IS American History

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Richard Guzman

Writer of essays, children’s books, and poems, Margaret Burroughs (1915-2010) is best known  for her art and her involvement in Chicago culture.   In 1961 using their own collection of art and artifacts, she and her husband Charles started a small … Continue reading →

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Sam Greenlee: Spooks Sitting by Doors

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Richard Guzman

Born in Chicago on July 13, 1930, Sam Greenlee has written poetry, fiction, plays and screenplays, and been a teacher, producer, director and actor.  He traveled the world as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army in the early fifties, … Continue reading →

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