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Dear Chester, Dear John: Letters Between Chester Himes and John A. Williams (African American Life) (African American Life)
Dear Chester Dear John Letters Between Chester Himes and John A Williams - African American Life Author:John A. Williams, Lori Williams 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 an... more »d 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.« less