I feel the need to reaffirm all of it, the whole unhappy territory and all the things loved and unloveable in it, for it is all part of me.
Ralph EllisonAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: american
- Born: March 1, 1914
- Died: April 16, 1994
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