The day after the Grammy's pretend they don't see us. This day in 1952, Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" wins the National Book Award. From the plot summary: The narrator begins telling his story with the claim that he is an “invisible man.” His invisibility, he says, is not a physical condition—he is not literally invisible—but is rather the result of the refusal of others to … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: Invisible Man