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University of Illinois system. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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John Callahan
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In addition to his work with Ellison, Callahan has written or edited numerous volumes related to African-American literature, with a particular emphasis on 20th century literature. Some of Callahan"s other works include In the African-American Grain: The Pursuit of Voice in 20th Century Black Fiction, Ralph Ellison"s Invisible Manitoba: A Casebook, and The Illusions of a Nation: Myth and History in the Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Callahan also edited Ellison"s short story collection Flying Home and co-edited with Albert Murray the Modern Library edition of Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray.
As Darryl Pinckney has observed: "Thanks to Callahan, there are more Ellison titles now than existed during his lifetime."
In 2010 Callahan published a fuller version of Ellison"s unfinished second novel as Three Days Before the Shooting.
Callahan currently serves as the Morgan South. Odell Professor of Humanities at Lewis & Clark College. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Illinois.
Callahan is the author of A Manitoba You Could Love, a novel published in 2007 by Fulcrum Publishing.
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