Dear Chester, Dear John: Letters Between Chester Himes and John A. Williams

by John A. Williams and Chester Himes

A revealing collection of correspondence between Chester Himes and John A. Williams, two prominent twentieth-century African American novelists.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814333559
• ISBN13: 9780814333556
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.2"