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(A subsequent edition,The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective, is even longer.)
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Ellisons short stories took wildly disparate approaches to the form.
This boldness with form wasnt limited to his prose.
Ellison was also known for his larger-than-life personality.
(This 2014 essayby Nick Mamatas provides a good overview of instances of his bad behavior.)
From the 1970s onward, Ellison would periodicallywrite stories in the windows of bookstores.
Its not quite the writer as public spectacle, but its also not far removed from it.
