Tag Archives: James Baldwin

Ralph Ellison: Survival Blues

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Richard Guzman

During my long career, I’ve been lucky to meet many writers. Somewhere in the mid-70’s, for example, I met Peter Matthiessen shortly after I’d read his great non-fiction book The Snow Leopard and used it in one of my classes. … Continue reading →

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Black Writers Picture Themselves – Part 1

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Richard Guzman

It all began some time in the early 60’s at New York’s famous club The Village Vanguard. Burt Britton was tending bar, subbing for a friend, and one customer kept asking for more. It was Norman Mailer. Britton tried to … Continue reading →

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The “Intercollegiate Wonder Book” and the “New Negro”

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Richard Guzman

“Realizing the need of an organization to bring together the few colored students attending the college and universities of Chicago in summer and living in various parts of the city, two social workers, Miss Mary McDowell and Mrs. Celia Parker … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: James Baldwin

Ralph Ellison: Survival Blues

Black Writers Picture Themselves – Part 1

The “Intercollegiate Wonder Book” and the “New Negro”