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Invisible Obama, Point of Projection

By Robin Bates | Published: September 4, 2012

Obama has had to to resist black male anger such as that described in Eliison’s “Invisible Man.”

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Ellison and Obama’s Racial Tightrope Walk

By Robin Bates | Published: August 28, 2012

Ellison’s “Invisible Man” helps us understand Obama’s and America’s, intricate dance with race issues.

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Ellison’s Invisible Man, Always Relevant

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2012

Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” remains relevant, including to the Trayvon Martin case.

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Why Obama Hatred? Ask Ellison, Baldwin

By Robin Bates | Published: April 5, 2012

What causes Obama-derangement? Ellison’s “Invisible Man” and Baldwin’s “Go Tell It on the Mountain” offer explanations.

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Final (?) Toby Literary Tweets

By Robin Bates | Published: September 24, 2023

Comc literary tweets from Tobias Wilson-Bates

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France and England’s Titanic Match

By Robin Bates | Published: December 11, 2022

To capture France-England’s titanic World Cup struggle, I turn to Ralph Ellison and Christina Rossetti.

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Coates’s Message to White Allies

By Robin Bates | Published: July 7, 2022

Coates has a valuable message for white liberals in “Water Dancer”: engaging in politics is not a luxury but a necessity.

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What Is Conversion?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 30, 2022

For St. Paul, conversion was a blinding light. For Sir John Betjeman, it’s more a stumbling and blindly groping affair.

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Beloved’s War against White Supremacy

By Robin Bates | Published: December 14, 2021

One reason the far right may hate Morrison’s “Beloved” is because a Black woman resists attempts to control her fertility.

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