Annual conference of scholars, educators, students, writers, publishers and patrons of literature in a national dialogue about African-American literature and popular culture, the literature of the African Diaspora and neglected aspects of literature and culture--focusing on the novels of Daniel Black, the poetry and films of M. K. Asante, Jr., and the poetry of contributors to the 1992 anthology "In the Tradition" and presenting the Middle-Atlantic Writers Association Distinguished Achievement and Outstanding Young Writer Awards.