New Orleans Public Library Tom Dent Forum

	New Orleans Public Library African American Resource Center Tom Dent Literary Festival An annual event honoring New Orleanian Tom Dent (1932-1998) poet, essayist, oral historian, dramatist, cultural activist, and noted figure in the Black Arts movement
2007 Schedule of Events Link here for information on this year's programs Follow these links to photographs from this year's events Authors Showcase, November 1 Storyteller Angela the Yarnspinner, November 2 Tom Dent Forum, November 3
Hurricane Katrina forced the cancellation of the 2005 and 2006 Tom Dent Literary Festivals.
2004 Schedule of Events Link here for information on this year's programs Follow these links to photographs from this year's events Storytelling with Chakula, November 4 Poetry Night, November 4 Authors Showcase, November 5 Tom Dent Forum, November 6
2003 Schedule of Events Link here for the program and photographs of this year's events
2002 Fourth Annual Forum Major Jackson, Leaving Saturn Dr. Violet Bryan and Dr. Laura Tuley, Panelists November 9, 2002 Flyer [In Adobe Acrobat format] Photographs from the Event An Evening of Poetry Kalamu ya Salaam and the poets of the NOMMO literary society November 7, 2002 Photographs from the Event Authors' Night Blair Walker and Yolanda Joe November 8, 2000 Photographs from the Event
2001 Third Annual Forum Saddi Khali, Featured Writer Mona Lisa Saloy, Panelist C. Leigh McInnis, Panelist November 3, 2001 Photographs from the event
2000 Second Annual Forum Terrance Haynes, Muscular Music With Kalamu ya Salaam November 4, 2000 Press Release [In Adobe Acrobat format] Photographs from the event
1999 First Annual Forum A Tribute to Tom Dent Lolis Edward Elie, Chakula cha Jua, Dr. Henry C. Lacey November 13, 1999 Press Release Photographs from the event
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