Shadow and Act is a collection of essays by Ralph Ellison, published in 1964.
“Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.”
Ralph Ellison book Shadow and Act
Shadow and Act (New York: Random House, 1964), Introduction, p. xix; in The Collected Essays, ed. John F. Callahan (New York: Modern Library, 1995), p. 56.
“We look too much to museums. The sun coming up in the morning is enough.”
Ralph Ellison book Shadow and Act
Source: Shadow and Act
Ralph Ellison book Shadow and Act
Shadow and Act (New York: Random House, 1964), Introduction, p. xix; in The Collected Essays, ed. John F. Callahan (New York: Modern Library, 1995), p. 56.
