Sixty years after Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man was published, we still haven’t woken up from the national nightmare he describes. Nathaniel Rich on its terrifying vision.

And Ellison’s narrator, his Invisible Man, writes all of this — Ellison’s novel is his character’s memoir — from his underground retreat in an abandoned coal cellar somewhere “in a ...

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is a deep dive into the human psyche, society, and self-realization. The story revolves around ...

Looking for guidance, I picked up Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel, “Invisible Man,” which had been a fixture of the “next to read” pile on my bookshelf for years.

Ralph Ellison in 1957, four years after his novel Invisible Man won the National Book Award. Ellison died in 1994. James Whitmore/The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images hide caption ...

Fans of the celebrated American novelist Ralph Ellison will soon have a chance to view the Invisible Man author through an entirely new lens. The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust has ...

Portrait of writer Ralph Ellison, author of 'Invisible Man', March 25th 1952. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 16 min. By Annie Abrams.

A monument outside 730 Riverside Drive in Harlem, N.Y. — writer Ralph Ellison's longtime home — commemorates his life and his work. The marker, and many biographical sources, list his birth ...

Ralph Ellison in 1957, four years after his novel Invisible Man won the National Book Award. Ellison died in 1994. A monument outside 730 Riverside Drive in Harlem, N.Y. — writer Ralph Ellison's ...