Ralph Ellison
Born
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, The United States
March 01, 1913
Died
April 16, 1994
Genre
Influences
Hemingway, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Louis Armstrong, Richard Wright,
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Invisible Man
271 editions
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published
1952
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Juneteenth
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38 editions
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published
1999
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Flying Home and Other Stories
27 editions
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published
1996
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Shadow and Act
24 editions
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published
1964
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Battle Royal
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The Collected Essays
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11 editions
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published
1995
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Living with Music: Jazz Writings
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5 editions
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published
2001
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King of the Bingo Game
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1944
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Going to the Territory
8 editions
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1986
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Three Days Before the Shooting...
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12 editions
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2010
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“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Invisible Man
― Invisible Man
Polls
September 2014 New School Classic -
Which book would you like to read for our August 2014 New School Classic Group Read?
Which book would you like to read for our August 2014 New School Classic Group Read?
1910, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 360pp
1996, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, 224pp
1952, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 581pp
1973, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, 302pp
1944, Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, 351pp
1928, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, 296pp
1924, The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain, 223pp
1937, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 256pp
1938, Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day byWinifred Watson, 234pp
1913, O Pioneers! by Willa Cather, 176pp
1957, On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 296pp
1985, The Postman: Il Postino by Antonio Skármeta, 128pp
1905, Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg,160pp
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