"The Intellectual's Dilemma: Production and Praxis in the Twenty-first Century" "This Callaloo conference focuses on a long ignored national problem: the complex and burdensome positions and responsibilities black artists and intellectuals are expected to assume in society and in institutions of higher education," says editor Charles H. Rowell, who founded the journal in 1976. Vincent Sherry, professor and chair of English, adds that, "The gathering of talent is spectacular: some of our foremost scholars and critics will join with other intellectuals to discuss the state of African-American letters. This is a celebration and demonstration of African-American literary culture at the highest level." Participants in the conference, which is titled "The Intellectual's Dilemma: Production and Praxis in the Twenty-first Century," will include more than a dozen celebrated authors, poets and scholars.