Black literary luminary Ralph Ellison's works have a new home at Bard College
The center will preserve Ellison’s archives and launch lectures, internships and a yearlong commemoration as Bard takes control of his literary rights.
- Bard College opened the Ralph Ellison Center last month in Annandale-on-Hudson following a $3.6 million donation from the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust, securing intellectual rights to Ellison's 1952 magnum opus, Invisible Man.
- Legal representative Donn Zaretsky stated the trust chose Bard because "Ellison had a genuine history there," referencing his tenure teaching American and Russian literature at the school from 1958 to 1961.
- Bard senior Bee Hitz, one of six student interns, described the center's 10-week digitization program as "a valuable experience" that trains the next generation of archivists among partner institutions.
- Director Nicholas Alton Lewis plans to roll out a community-based curriculum across Bard's institutions and the 66 public libraries in the Hudson Valley Public Library System, describing the center as a "salon" for intellectual exchange.
- As the 75th anniversary of Invisible Man approaches in 2027, the center is planning a yearlong commemoration to expand discourse around Ellison's work and ensure local communities have ongoing access to his literary contributions.
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Black literary luminary Ralph Ellison’s works have a new home at Bard College
NEW YORK (AP) — Bard College, the private liberal arts school in New York’s Hudson Valley, is now home to the legacy of Ralph Ellison, whose exploration of race, identity and belonging in America helped reshape modern Black literature. Thanks to a $3.6 million donation from the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust, the college...
Black literary luminary Ralph Ellison's works have a new home at
NEW YORK (AP) — Bard College, the private liberal arts school in New York’s Hudson Valley, is now home to the legacy of Ralph Ellison, whose exploration of race, identity and belonging in America helped reshape modern
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bard College, the private liberal arts school in New York’s Hudson Valley, is now home to the legacy of Ralph Ellison, whose exploration of race, identity and belonging in America helped reshape modern Black literature. Thanks to a $3.6 million donation from the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust, the college...
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Black literary luminary Ralph Ellison's works have a new home at Bard College
Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley has opened a center dedicated to Ralph Ellison, a key figure in Black arts and literature. The Ralph Ellison Center was established with a $3.6 million donation from the Ralph and Fanny Ellison…
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