{"product_id":"the-collected-essays-of-ralph-ellison","title":"The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the renowned author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea classic, “elegant” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) collection of essays that captures the breadth and complexity of his insights into racial identity, jazz and folklore, and citizenship across six decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison’s literary executor, John F. Callahan, this definitive volume includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShadow and Act\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1964), hailed by Robert Penn Warren as “a body of cogent and subtle commentary on the questions that focus on race,” and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGoing to the Territory\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1986), an exploration of literature and folklore, jazz and culture, and the nature and quality of lives that Black Americans lead. With newly discovered essays and speeches, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Collected Essays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals a more vulnerable, intimate side of Ellison than what we've previously seen. “Raph Ellison,” wrote Stanley Crouch, “reached across race, religion, class and sex to make us all Americans.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ralph Ellison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45497542738096,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/71HWpXNzo-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1785652115","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/the-collected-essays-of-ralph-ellison","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}