Chester Himes’s Harlem noirs. Himes helped reinvent the idea of the detective novel. He also transformed it into a powerful vehicle for social criticism. One imagines Chester Himes as a species of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Chester Himes’ literary legacy has ...

What do you most appreciate about Angela Carter’s work? Her sentences are so beautiful and she’s so smart. She’s known as this great feminist, which is true, but she does it without you even knowing ...

Old School Negro: 1909-1914 -- The Southern Crosses The Yellow Dog: 1914-1925 -- Banquets And Cocaine Balls: 1925-1928 -- Gray City Of Exiled Men: 1928-1936 -- White Folks And The Days: 1936-1941 -- ...