Invisible Man, Part 1

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Invisible Man, Part 1

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Apr 7, 2021

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Conservatives reject a lot of great twentieth century art by people of color for one simple reason. The Bookening discusses all this and more as Brandon provides some MUCH NEEDED context for Ralph Ellison's great novel, Invisible Man.

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Apr 7, 2021

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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Invisible Man, Part 1

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