The Chester Himes Page

( 1909-1984 )

Major Works
If He Hollers Let Him Go ( 1945 ). Reprinted with a foreword by Graham Hodges, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1986.
Lonely Crusade ( 1947 ). Reprinted by Thunder's Mouth Press, 1986.
The Third Generation ( 1947 ). Reprinted with a foreword by John A. Williams, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1989.
Cast the First Stone ( 1952 ).
The Primitive ( 1955 ). Reissued as The End of a Primitive with 1955 cuts restored, Norton, 1990. For Love of Imabelle ( 1957 ). Reprinted, 1985, as Rage in Harlem by Allison & Busby.
The Real Cool Killers ( 1959 ). Reprinted by Allison & Busby, 1985.
The Crazy Kill ( 1959 ). Reprinted by Vintage, 1989.
The Big Gold Dream ( 1960 ). Reprinted by Thunder's Mouth Press, 1996.
All Shot Up ( 1960 ). Reprinted by Thunder's Mouth Press, 1996.
Pinktoes ( 1961 ). Originally published in Paris by Olympia. First American edition, 1965. Reprinted with an afterword by Edward Margolies. Mississippi, 1996.
Run Man Run ( 1966 ). Reprinted by Carroll & Graf, 1995.
Cotton Comes to Harlem ( 1965 ). Reprinted by Vintage, 1988.
The Heat's On ( 1966 ). Reprinted by Allison & Busby, 1986.
Blind Man With a Pistol ( 1969 ). Reprinted by Allison & Busby, 1986.
Black on Black; Baby Sister and Selected Writings ( Doubleday, 1973 ).
A Case of Rape ( Targ, 1980 ). Reprinted, with a postscript by Calvin Hernton, by Howard U., 1984 . Originally in French translation by Andre Mathieu, Une Affaire de Viol, 1963.
The Quality of Hurt ( 1972 ). Autobiography, Volume I. Reprinted by Thunder's Mouth Press, 1989.
My Life of Absurdity ( 1976 ). Autobiography, Volume II. Reprinted by Thunder's Mouth Press, 1989.
The Collected Stories of Chester Himes. With a foreword by Calvin Hernton. ( Thunder's Mouth Press, 1990 ).
Plan B ( Mississippi, 1993 ). Unfinished novel.

About Himes
Conversations with Chester Himes. Edited by Robert E. Skinner and Michel Fabre. Mississippi, 1995.
James Lundquist, Chester Himes. Ungar, 1976.
Edward Margolies and Michel Fabre, The Several Lives of Chester Himes. Mississippi, 1997.
Stephen F. Milliken, Chester Himes: A Critical Appraisal. Missouri, 1976.
Gilbert H. Muller, Chester Himes. Twayne, 1989.
Chester Himes and the American Prison
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