Ralph Ellison Emergence of Genius Author:Lawrence Jackson AUTHOR. INTELLECTUAL. SOCIAL CRITIC. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITERS OF ALL TIME. — RALPH ELLISON. Praise for — Ralph Ellison — Emergence of Genius "Dr. Lawrence Jacksons remarkable biography of Ralph Ellison is an essential contribution to the scholarship on one of the twentieth centurys greatest writers. Painstakingly res... more »earched and exhaustive, this compelling portrait of Ellison clarifies his geniusand his intellectual erafor a new century."Charles Johnson, National Book Award Winner and author of Middle Passage "Lawrence Jacksons absorbing biography of Ralph Ellison makes a vital contribution to American literary history."Ross Posnock, English Department, New York University, Author of Color and Culture: Black Writers and the Making of the Modern Intellectual "Professor Lawrence Jacksons painstaking documentation of Ralph Ellisons early life and the beginning of his literary career provides a much needed resource for Ellisons readers and critics."Horace Porter, author of Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America and Director of African Studies at the University of Iowa "An eloquently written and exquisitely researched biography. There is nothing quite like it. Jackson breathes life into those hidden nooks and crannies of Ellisons youth that would later become cannon fodder for the grown Ellisons explorations. An utterly groundbreaking biography, the idea of Ralph Ellison will never be the same."Jerry Watts, author of Heroism and the Black Intellectual: Ralph Ellison, Politics, and Afro-American Intellectual Life« less