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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. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves.

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"Reading these letters, one is delighted to be in the company of two friends who truly like each other. One also feels the passionate excitement and richness of their intellect and creativity, their anger and joy. But most of all one learns what it is like in the 20th century to be an African-American writer in America and Europe." - Clarence Major, professor of English at the University of California-Davis and author of Dirty Bird Blues"

Dear Chester Dear John Letters Between Chester

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      Publisher Wayne State University Press
      Published 1/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780814333556
      978-0814333556
      ISBN-10 0814333559
      Also in:
      Autobiography: writers ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves.

      Trade Review
      "Reading these letters, one is delighted to be in the company of two friends who truly like each other. One also feels the passionate excitement and richness of their intellect and creativity, their anger and joy. But most of all one learns what it is like in the 20th century to be an African-American writer in America and Europe." - Clarence Major, professor of English at the University of California-Davis and author of Dirty Bird Blues"

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