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Nkombo a “little magazine” of the Black Arts Movement

Literary magazines, also known as “little magazines” have been publishing experimental literature and non-conformist writings since the...

Umbra Writers Workshop, 1962-1964

New Orleans-born poet, essayist, and playwright Thomas Covington Dent was a founding member a writer’s collective the Umbra Writers’...

50 Years/50 Collections: The Tom Dent Library, 1998.

When authors are asked “What makes a good writer?,” a common answer is “A good writer starts as a good reader.” This oft-quoted maxim is...

Andrew Young Oral Histories Launch Online

In the 1980s, writer Tom Dent sat down with his good friend Andrew Young to talk about his life. The two were close. They had grown up...

Tom Dent’s Southern Journey Oral Histories Launch Online

Three decades after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, writer Tom Dent undertook a journey across the southern United States. His...

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