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Excerpt from Malcolm X's "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" read by Herbert Martin, Professor Emeritus. University of Dayton. Department of English

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

Excerpt from Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" read by Herbert Martin, Professor Emeritus. University of Dayton. Department of English

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Transcript and background: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/25/william-faulkner-university-of-virginia-recording/

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William Faulkner on writing

Invisible Man is a milestone in American literature, a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be. The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky. Available for purchase at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739322079?tag=pgus-20">Amazon - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?ISBSRC=Y&ISBN=9780739322079&cm_mmc=Random%20House-_Invisible+Man-CD-1-9780739322079-_-Invisible+Man-CD-1-9780739322079-_-Invisible+Man">Barnes & Noble - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-10876509?SID=Invisible+Man-CD-1-9780739322079&url=http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Invisible+Man/Ralph+Ellison/9780739322079">Books A Million - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780739322079?aff=PenguinGroupUS">IndieBound - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780739322079?utm_source=randomhouse&utm_campaign=randomhouse&utm_content=Invisible+Man-CD-1-9780739322079">Powell's - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://linksynergy.walmart.com/fs-bin/click?id=VD9*lkiWNd8&subid=&offerid=183959.1&type=10&tmpid=273&u1=Invisible+Man-CD-1-9780739322079&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-ng.do%3F&RD_PARM2=search_query%3D9780739322079%2526ic%3D16_0%2526Find%3DFind%2526search_constraint%3D3920">Walmart - Audiobook (CD format)</a><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/advancedSearch?term=Invisible+Man&entity=audiobook&at=11l3IH&ct=Invisible+Man-DN-1-9780307915122">Apple - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?url=http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=Invisible+Man+Ralph+Ellison&source_code=COMA0213WS031709&SID=Invisible+Man-DN-1-9780307915122">Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2665379-11117375?SID=Invisible+Man-DN-1-9780307915122&url=http://www.audiobooks.com/search/book/Invisible+Man">audiobooks.com - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.downpour.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Invisible+Man">downpour - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a><a href="http://www.qksrv.net/click-2665379-10273919?SID=Invisible+Man-DN-1-9780307915122&url=http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/search/book/Invisible+Man">eMusic - Audiobook (Downloadable format)</a>

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, read by Joe Morton

Chapter 21, Brother Tod Clifton's Funeral - Invisible Man 
Background: Miles Davis Tribute to Jack Johnson

Tod Clifton Eulogy from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In 1956, Caedmon had the great fortune to record Eudora Welty reading five of her finest stories. In her sweetly vibrant Mississippi drawl, Ms. Welty deftly draws the listener in to the uproariously multilayered Why I Live at the P.O. and now we have the the great fortune to listen. Here now is Eudora Welty reading her short story, Why I live at the P.O.


Essential Welty

The famed writer's only recorded reading, from the Criterion Collection disc of "Wise Blood"

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