Ralph Ellison has been played on NTS in shows including Slauson Malone & ReallyNathan, featured first on 10 December 2018. Songs played include Invisible Man.

Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1914 – April 16, 1994) was a novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ellison is best known for his novel Invisible Man (ISBN 0-679-60139-2), which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote Shadow and Act, a collection of political, social and critical essays, and Going to the Territory (1986).