The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison · 1995
*Shadow and Act* and *Going to the Territory* collected. Ellison on jazz, literature, and the meaning of being American.
The case against
Completism is the enemy: alongside the essential Shadow and Act you get acceptance speeches, introductions, and occasional pieces only a dissertation needs. Ellison spent four decades not finishing his second novel, and some of that avoidance is archived here, every liner note buffed to a shine while the big book sat. Come for the jazz essays; skim like a scholar.
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