Dec 23, 2009

The Autobiography of Chester Himes | The Autobiography of Chester Himes

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Author: Chester Himes
First Published: 1972
Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
Subjects: African Americans, Family or family life, Suffering, Mothers, Parents and children, Prisons, Racism, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Blindness or blind persons, Exile or expatriates, Interracial relationships, Literature, Middle classes
Locales: Europe, United States

The Work

“I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary,” writes Chester Himes in The Quality of Hurt, a book that is less an organized autobiography than a series of poignant sketches, in which he writes about the many hurts that poisoned his life in the United States. Himes is one of the least known, most prolific African American writers of the twentieth century. Over a fifty-year career, Himes wrote scores of novels, short stories, articles, and poems, all marked by a naked sincerity and raging anger at racism.

Himes began writing, drawing on his...

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The Autobiography of Chester Himes | The Autobiography of Chester Himes

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The Work

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