Cycle. The literary estate is overseen by Chester and Lesley's "niece" Sarah Pirozek (daughter of Lesley's best and oldest friend). Novels and stories See The End of a Primitive, 1990. Alternate titles: A Rage in Harlem (1985 Vintage Books, New York), The Five-cornered square. From CIP data: Restores the work in the form the author intended, and includes his introduction, not previously published. With an introduction by Calvin Hernton. Complete and unexpurgated text of Himes' first autobiographical novel, originally published as Cast the First Stone (1953). Autobiography A useful companion to the two volumes of autobiography is Conversations with Chester Himes, edited by Michel Fabre and Robert E. Skinner, published by University Press of Mississippi in 1995. Films based on novels Four of Chester Himes' novels were made into feature films: If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968) [uncredited], directed by Charles Martin; Cotton Comes to Harlem, directed by Ossie Davis in 1970; Come Back, Charleston Blue (The Heat's On) (1972), directed by Mark Warren, and A Rage in Harlem (starring Gregory Hines and Danny Glover), directed by Bill Duke in 1991. Two Himes short stories "The Assassin of Saint Nicholas Avenue" and "Tang" have also been filmed as short subjects, the latter included as a segment in the 1994 anthology television film Cosmic Slop. Personal life Himes was Catholic, but professed to be "not a good one". At the time of his death, he was married to Lesley, a native of Moraira, Spain. See also African-American literature References Further reading Review of Yesterday Will Make You Cry, by Chester Himes. Margolies, Edward, and Michel Fabre. The Several Lives of Chester Himes. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1997. External links Essay on Chester Himes in France Biography Overview and Review of Himes's Work Audiobook (mp3) : Face in the moon, short story translated in French Tadzio Koelb, "Some Thoughts on Chester Himes on the 100th Anniversary of His Birth", The Third Estate, July 27, 2009. "Theme Issue: Chester Himes and His Legacy", Clues: A Journal of Detection, Vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 2010. McFarland Publishers, ISSN 0742-4248 (Print), 1940-3046 (Online) FBI file on Chester Himes Chester Himes Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Christopher Harter, "Lesley Himes papers, 1934–2008", Amistad Research Center. Sarah Pirozek, "Lesley Himes Obituary", July 7, 2010. William Horberg, "The Last Chester Himes Movie?", November 6, 2008. 1909 births 1984 deaths