Tag Archives: Richard R. Guzman

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 →

Posted in Black Writers, Diversity & Multiculturalism, Writing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Nativity”: Piano and Jazz at Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Richard Guzman

Decades ago, when I was around 17-18-19, I had, briefly, a jazz trio.  And our church youth group wrote and performed a Christmas play.  And the two came together when I wrote a theme for that play, called it “Nativity,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts, Music & Meaning, Music & Media Podcasts | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Nelson Algren’s City on the Make

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Richard Guzman

The Video Below presents a performance by David Starkey and me of a passage from “Nobody Knows Where O’Connor Went,” the last chapter of Nelson Algren’s great prose poem Chicago: City on the Make. Shortly after Loyola Press/Wild Onion published our book Smokestacks … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago Writing, Music & Media Podcasts | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment