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Meeting Oprah

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Actually, though Oprah Winfrey makes a show-stopping appearance in this story, it’s really about meeting the person Oprah calls mother: poet-actress-activist MAYA ANGELOU.  I re-posted this by request on the occasion of Maya Angelou’s death in late May, 2014. In 1989 I, … Continue reading →

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The 25th Anniversary of the Gospel Extravaganza

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Richard Guzman

This post celebrates a Gospel Extravaganza milestone, but the Extravaganza keeps going past this!  In 2018 it passed its 30th ANNIVERSARY, and we invite you to join us on the campus of North Central College, Naperville, IL., for the 31st Extravaganza sometime in late … 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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