It seems that I've read somewhere that Hines' fictional
Harlem had much more in common with the Cleveland that he had
experience with than the real Harlem. Can't remeber where I
read that at the moment though. I will agree that Himes was a
great writer, while Goines and "Iceberg Slim" don't make that
level. Steven
Jacques Debierue <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> wrote:
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "John Williams"
<johnwilliams@n...> wrote:
>
>
> Graham wrote
>
> I don't think "street lit" is really a new
phenomenon. Just the other day
> I was reading the entries for Donald Goines and
"Iceberg Slim" ... and both
> those writers were active beginning in the late
sixties. You could probably
> throw Chester Himes in there as well.
>
> Yeah, you could if you wanted to lump in one of the
great writers of the
> past century alongside a couple of sociological
curios.
>
On the other hand, I don't always want to read the great
writers. Good ones or merely interesting ones will do. But
you've given me the idea to reread Himes. And didn't Himes
invent much of "his" Harlem?
Best,
MrT
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