Bibliograph

New Orleans griot, the Tom Dent reader, by Tom Dent ; edited by Kalamu Ya Salaam ; afterword by Jerry W. Ward, Jr

Type

Label

New Orleans griot, the Tom Dent reader, by Tom Dent ; edited by Kalamu Ya Salaam ; afterword by Jerry W. Ward, Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-522)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

mixed forms

Main title

New Orleans griot

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

996695011

Responsibility statement

by Tom Dent ; edited by Kalamu Ya Salaam ; afterword by Jerry W. Ward, Jr

Sub title

the Tom Dent reader

Summary

A mid-twentieth century African American writer and cultural activist, Tom Dent worked tirelessly to help cultivate the Black Arts Movement, mentoring numerous other artists and writers. Taken from his papers held at the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, this vital collection brings together Dent's fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and drama, including many previously unpublished works. With introductions by Kalamu ya Salaam, New Orleans Griot: A Tom Dent Reader showcases the remarkable life and writing of Tom Dent, from his early days in New York to working with the Free Southern Theatre in Mississippi to his astute observations of New Orleans and the black Mardi Gras Indians

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- new york years/umbra days -- free southern theater/BLKARTSOUTH -- new orleans -- griot work -- interviews -- Afterword

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