Tag Archives: James Alan McPherson

Thaddeus and Slocum: Black-White, White-Black

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Richard Guzman

In his great essay “Junior and John Doe,” James Alan McPherson says, “There used to be the basic, if unspoken, assumption that identity in America is almost always a matter of improvisation, a matter of process…and that, given the provisional … Continue reading →

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Miscegenation and Me — Part 1

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Richard Guzman

This is PART 1 of a piece originally written for a proposed book called “Leaving California.” It eventually wound up in SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speir’s 2004 book Mixing It Up: Multiracial Subjects.  The book’s cover is reproduced below, and 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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