July 27, 2007
One-Hit Wonder
On April 6, 1968, two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Ellison was given a prime speaking spot at the Sophomore Literary Festival at the University of Notre Dame. The country was in a state of collective shock, and — at a festival that also included luminaries such as Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, and William F. Buckley — all eyes were on Ellison.
Not only was he the most honored black American novelist at that
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