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 ...

In 1952, Ralph Ellison introduced a new kind of black protagonist: The Invisible Man was educated and self-aware, and had a broad intellectual curiosity. He was invisible, Ellison wrote, but not ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1952, Ralph Ellison introduced a new kind of black protagonist: The Invisible Man was educated and self-aware, and had a broad intellectual... The Life and Legacy of Ralph Ellison In 1952, Ralph ...

Anthropomorphism is an “utterly charming linchpin of the human mind,” contends animal cognition researcher Gregg (If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal) in this captivating survey. His Continue reading » Their ...

The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932. In recent years the ...