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02335aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 5741976874A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 200227s2019 lauc b 000 mdeng d 020 $a 1608011496 020 $a 9781608011490 035 $a (OCoLC)1142099420 040 $a GZM $b eng $e rda $c GZM $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us-la 050 4 $a PS3554 E585 A6 2019x 100 1 $a Dent, Thomas C. $e author. 240 10 $a Works. $k Selections 245 10 $a New Orleans griot : $b the Tom Dent reader / $c by Tom Dent ; edited by Kalamu Ya Salaam ; afterword by Jerry W. Ward, Jr. 250 $a [Corrected edition]. 264 1 $a [New Orleans, Louisiana] : $b University of New Orleans Press, $c [2019?] 300 $a 492 pages : $b portrait ; $c 23 cm 500 $a "The previous printing of this book contained an essay that was misattributed to Tom Dent. The essay 'In Search of Black Indians' was actually written by Jason Berry ... We have corrected the error in this edition."--Publisher's note, page 5. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-490). 505 0 $a Introduction -- new york years/umbra days -- free southern theater/BLKARTSOUTH -- new orleans -- griot work -- interviews -- Afterword. 520 $a ̣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this vital collection brings together Dent's fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and drama, including many previously unpublished works.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. 600 10 $a Dent, Thomas C. 650 0 $a Authors, American. 651 0 $a New Orleans (La.) $x In literature. 700 1 $a Salaam, Kalamu ya, $d 1947- $e editor. 700 1 $a Ward, Jerry W., $c Jr., $d 1943- $e writer of afterword. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023256.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5741976874A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search