When American life is most American it is apt to be most th… - Ralph Ellison

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When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical.

Ralph Ellison

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Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer and academic known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.

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