Dear Chester, dear John : letters between Chester Himes and John A. Williams

Dear Chester, dear John : letters between Chester Himes and John A. Williams / compiled and edited by John A. and Lori Williams ; with a foreword by Gilbert H. Muller.

Chester Himes and John A. Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. Both men would go on to receive international acclaim for their work, including Himes's Harlem detective novels f...

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Main Authors: Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 (Author), Williams, John A., 1925-2015 (Author), Williams, Lori (Lorrain) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2008]
Series:African American life series.
Subjects:
Himes, Chester B., > 1909-1984 > Correspondence.
Williams, John A., > 1925-2015 > Correspondence.
Himes, Chester B., > 1909-1984
Williams, John A., > 1925-2015
1900-1999
Authors, American > 20th century > Correspondence.
African American authors > Correspondence.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American authors
Authors, American
Electronic books.
Personal correspondence
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Letters ; Afterword ; Appendix: My Man Himes: An Interview with Chester Himes ; This Publishing Business; Personal Worksheet; Harlem Renaissance; Hollywood; Black on White; Black Writers; White Writers; Black Anti-Semitism; Wright; Index ; BackCover.

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