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Arnold Rampersad, Revisiting Ralph Ellison

Fresh Air | By Maureen Corrigan
Published May 31, 2007 at 8:00 AM PDT

Arnold Rampersad's new biography re-examines the life of Ralph Ellison, the influential cultural critic and author of Invisible Man, and offers insights about why Ellison never produced a second masterpiece.

Copyright 2007 Fresh Air
Maureen Corrigan
Maureen Corrigan is a book critic for Fresh Air.