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Michael Strode
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Ellison is a lover of ideas and this quality positions him amongst the most admired thinkers in my view. His thoughtful fiction which engaged political dialogue while not being didactic was preceded by a long tenure as a literary and cultural critic giving attention to nature of Blackness as it was processed in the art and literature of his era. Astonishingly enough, he considered these essays as undeveloped work.
— Jun 19, 2012 02:27PM
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Michael Strode
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The possibility exists that only those fortunate enough to study under Ellison at Rutgers or Yale will ever know the full measure of his cultural and literary genius. "Invisible Man" was one revelation while "The Shadow and the Act" are the other. Music, literature or film, he was nothing less than an everyman of the arts speaking self deprecating about his own merit while deeply comprehending the artistic process.
— Feb 11, 2013 04:05PM
