The definitive biography of an important American cultural intellectual of the twentieth century--Ralph Ellison, author of the masterpiece Invisible Man. In 1953, Ellison's explosive story of a young ...
2007-07-07T22:31:52-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/63e/198180-m.jpgArnold Rampersad talked about his book Ralph Ellison: A Biography, published by Knopf ...
WAS HE INDEPENDENT and indefatigable in pursuing a second masterpiece, or indolent and inept? Intransigent and inhumane toward others, or merely indecisive and inconsistent? Ralph Ellison, who died in ...
Writers dream of finding the acclaim that Ralph Ellison received when his first novel, "Invisible Man," was published. Winner of the National Book Award in 1953 -- the same year Hemingway's "The Old ...
LAWRENCE Jackson's Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius is well-written and painstakingly documented proof of the adage that it takes years to become an overnight success. This first biography of Ralph ...
Toward the end of “Ralph Ellison: A Biography” (Knopf, 566 pages, $35), the important new book by Arnold Rampersad, the reader learns of the “chilly” reception that the aged Ellison gave to “a visitor ...
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