# John F. Callahan

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**John F. Callahan** is the [literary executor](/source/Literary_executor) for [Ralph Ellison](/source/Ralph_Ellison), and was the editor for his posthumously-released novel [*Juneteenth*](/source/Juneteenth_(novel)). In addition to his work with Ellison, Callahan has written or edited numerous volumes related to [African-American literature](/source/African-American_literature), with a particular emphasis on [20th century literature](/source/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 Man: A Casebook*, and *The Illusions of a Nation: Myth and History in the Novels of [F. Scott Fitzgerald](/source/F._Scott_Fitzgerald)*. Callahan also edited Ellison's short story collection *Flying Home* and co-edited with [Albert Murray](/source/Albert_Murray_(writer)) the [Modern Library](/source/Modern_Library) edition of *Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray*. As [Darryl Pinckney](/source/Darryl_Pinckney) has observed: "Thanks to Callahan, there are more Ellison titles now than existed during his lifetime."[1]

In 2010 Callahan published a fuller version of Ellison's unfinished second novel as *[Three Days Before the Shooting](/source/Three_Days_Before_the_Shooting)*.

Callahan previously served as the Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities at [Lewis & Clark College](/source/Lewis_%26_Clark_College). He retired in 2015 after 48 years at the college.

He earned his B.A. from the [University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the [University of Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign).

Callahan is the author of *A Man You Could Love*, a novel published in 2007 by Fulcrum Publishing.

In 2015, Callahan donated his papers to the Lewis & Clark Archives.[2]

## References

1. [Darryl Pinckney, "Riffs"](http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2001/jan/11/riffs/?pagination=false), *The New York Review of Books*, January 11, 2001.

1. ["John F. Callahan Acquisition Announcement"](https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/90670-john-f-callahan-acquisition-announcement-and-open), Oct. 2015.

## External links

- [John F. Callahan: Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities Director of Inventing America](https://web.archive.org/web/20060806235358/http://www.lclark.edu/~callahan/)
- ["Some cord of kinship stronger and deeper than blood": An Interview with John F. Callahan](https://web.archive.org/web/20070227215702/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2838/is_4_34/ai_70434325)
- ["The calculus of 'Juneteenth' How Ellison's executor brought the novel together"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070205134825/http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/9922/books-lightfoot2.php)
- John F. Callahan papers are available at the [Lewis & Clark Special Collections and Archives](http://specialcollections.lclark.edu/)

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