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02138aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 2606CDA45D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200303010150 008 170726s2018 laua b 000 mdeng d 020 $a 1608011496 020 $a 9781608011490 035 $a (OCoLC)996695011 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d LDA $d OCLCO $d IWE $d LNC $d IMT $d UAB $d OCLCF $d OCL $d OCLCA $d SILO 043 $a n-us-la 050 4 $a PS3554 E585 A6 2018 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. 264 1 $a [New Orleans, Louisiana] : $b University of New Orleans Press, $c [2018] 300 $a 524 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-522). 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this vital collection brings together Dent's fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and drama, including many previously unpublished works.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 and the black Mardi Gras Indians. 600 10 $a Dent, Thomas C. 650 0 $a Authors, American. 651 0 $a New Orleans (La.) $x In literature. 650 0 $a Essays. 700 1 $a Salaam, Kalamu ya, $d 1947- $e editor. 700 1 $a Ward, Jerry W., $c Jr., $d 1943- $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200303021004.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2606CDA45D1D11EA9B49BA2197128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search