In 1936, Ellison traveled to New York, where he tried unsuccessfully to find work to ea

Writing and music were always linked for Ellison, who once admitted that he secretly still regarded himself as a musician, and who applied the hard lessons of his musical training to his writing. His work is often hailed as resembling jazz composition, with its "structuring of emotion" and rhythmic qualities.(3)

rn his senior year's tuition. It was here that he met Richard Wright, who encouraged him to try his hand at writing.(2) His very first piece was a book review which was published in Wright's magazine, New Challenge. For a time, Ellison would continue to pursue music, and even experiment with sculpting, but in 1937, his mother's sudden passing away changed Ellison's life forever. He traveled to Cincinnati to keep her company through what he thought was a minor illness, only to find her near death. "She was

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