Ralph Ellison in Progress: The Making and Unmaking of One Writer's Great American Novel

A major reassessment of Ralph Ellison's literary legacy that explores the mysteries surrounding his unfinished second novel.

Ralph Ellison may be the preeminent African American author of the twentieth century, though he published only one novel, 1952's Invisible Man. He enjoyed a highly successful career in American letters, publishing two collections of essays, teaching at several colleges and universities, and writing dozens of pieces for newspapers and magazines, yet Ellison never publis...