This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with Kalamu ya Salaam about "New Orleans Griot : The tom Dent Reader," a terrific anthology of work by the multi-talented Dent (1932-1998), one of the founders of the Free Southern Theatre and the author of " Ritual Murder" and "Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement." Kalamu will appear at Dillard University on Tuesday, January 16th with Ishmael Reed to discuss the Activist and Creative Legacy of Tom Dent. For more info, please visit