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Carolyn Rodgers Reads “Prodigal Objects”

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Richard Guzman

What a treat for Carolyn Rodgers fans. Below hear the great poet read her poem “Prodigal Objects,” September 1999, in a show at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.  It was held to celebrate the release a few months earlier of … Continue reading →

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The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Richard Guzman

In mid-2009 Donald Evans, a Chicago writer, called me with an idea: a hall of fame for Chicago’s literary greats.  Because of two of my books—Smokestacks and Skyscrapers (with David Starkey) and Black Writing from Chicago—Don wanted me to be in the … 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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