1. In the territory
2. Leaving the territory
3. In a land most strange
4. A shock of transition
5. The recognition of necessity
6. The numbed and the seething
7. A mighty book, a mighty theme
8. The agon of writing
9. In the home stretch
10. Finish line
11. Annus mirabilis
12. Second act
13. Adventure in Rome
14. The pleasures of home
15. Hanging fire
16. Tell it like it is, baby
17. A "lone-star" Negro
18. Professor in the humanities
19. The monkey on his back
20. The uncanny penetration of the past
21. Flying home
Books by Ralph Ellison
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