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Recalling Ralph Ellison's insight about the blues, we can say that the above lyrics are "autobiographical catastrophe expressed lyrically."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Andrew Wilkes 2011
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The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy, by Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The Miner\'s Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy, by Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: This book recalls Ralph Ellison\'s Invisible Man, because it\'s the best book about race relations in America since Ellison\'s masterpiece of fifty years ago.'
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That said, sustainable architecture or beautiful bike racks would be a far cry from the artistic expression funded by the original WPA, which provided the equivalent of $400 million today to programs in theater, writing, music and art and supported artists such as Ralph Ellison and Dorothea Lange.
The New New Deal 2009
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This book recalls Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, because it's the best book about race relations in America since Ellison's masterpiece of fifty years ago.
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Other popular African American authors of the time, such as Ralph Ellison, were also aligned with Wright’s vision of the struggle of African Americans.
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And, of course, one-novel geniuses such as Ralph Ellison (Invisible Man) and Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) are in the "quality not quantity" rather than "quality AND quantity" camp.
Dave Astor: The Most Novels You've Read By an Author Dave Astor 2011
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With regard to the Park Slope Presbyterian/John Jay arrangement, I think it ironic that an invisible church served as a supportive presence in a invisible school -- by which I mean invisible, in the Ralph Ellison sense.
Michele Somerville: Should Churches Be Permitted To Worship On Public School Premises? Michele Somerville 2011
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The targets of Mr. Everett's acid parodies are legion—"Erasure" is more than a decade old, but the depiction of Oprah Winfrey as a clucking, mugging Aunt Mammy still seems breathtakingly illicit—and even extend to the masterpieces of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison.
A Protean Chronicler of Racial Puzzles Sam Sacks 2011
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With regard to the Park Slope Presbyterian/John Jay arrangement, I think it ironic that an invisible church served as a supportive presence in a invisible school -- by which I mean invisible, in the Ralph Ellison sense.
Michele Somerville: Should Churches Be Permitted To Worship On Public School Premises? Michele Somerville 2011
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With regard to the Park Slope Presbyterian/John Jay arrangement, I think it ironic that an invisible church served as a supportive presence in a invisible school -- by which I mean invisible, in the Ralph Ellison sense.
Michele Somerville: Should Churches Be Permitted To Worship On Public School Premises? Michele Somerville 2011
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