Author

Contributions

  • Williams, John Alfred, 1925- - Contributor
  • Williams, Lori - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Mich, Michigan

Language

English

Word Count

60,250 words, Guess

Page Count

241 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100814333559
  • ISBN-139780814333556
  • LibraryThing6955060
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007030927
  • OCLC Control Number162126872
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3515.I713 Z48 2008

Description

"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 featuring Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson and Williams's major novels The Man Who Cried I Am, Captain Blackman, and Clifford's Blues. Dear Chester, Dear John is a landmark collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves, their professional and personal challenges, and their reflections on society in the United States and abroad."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

CorrespondenceAmerican AuthorsAfrican American authorsAfrican American authors -- CorrespondenceHimes, Chester B., -- 1909-1984 -- CorrespondenceWilliams, John Alfred, -- 1925- -- CorrespondenceAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence

People

Chester B. Himes (1909-1984)John Alfred Williams (1925-)

Times

Genres

  • Correspondence

Series Statement

  • African American life series

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