I loved the yak skull at the RooseveltMiss Wendy in the lobby bar: the one place we were sure to run into folksLove the little courtyards which are cool enough at nightUnexpected Ganesh!Pralines are calling…Shakers and a cat: I’m sure there’s a theme hereLe noir New OrleansCrescent City Books has a good selection of Himes though mostly in French and Spanish
The last Himes I read I struggled with and that was in English! The End of a Primitive, nearly the end of my eyeballs as I was tempted to gouge them with a spoon so I could experience an different type of pain when reading it.
K. A. Laity 
The last Himes I read I struggled with and that was in English! The End of a Primitive, nearly the end of my eyeballs as I was tempted to gouge them with a spoon so I could experience an different type of pain when reading it.
My students will be reading Cotton Comes to Harlem. Will be interesting to see what they make of it.
This one pre-dated his crime fiction, so I haven’t given up on him just yet.
Oh good. Another good one is IF HE HOLLERS.