Tag Archives: Richard R. Guzman
The Afterword to Black Writing from Chicago – Part 1
This is PART 1 of the lengthy Afterword to my book Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It? Go here for PART 2. Part 1 mostly covers fiction, poetry, and drama writers whom I could not—most regrettably—include … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Writing from Chicago, David, Leon Forrest, Richard R. Guzman, Ted Ward
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Ornette Coleman: Lessons in Freedom (excerpt)
This is the first of 16 short excerpts from my radio series Voices and Freedoms: A History of Jazz. Based on my book of the same name, the series (and book) were produced at the University of Virginia in the … Continue reading
All Things Baldwin
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