Our first novel for the new year in Literature of California is Chester Himes' If He Hollers Let Him Go (1945), which follows four days in the life of a black, Ohio-transplant who has come to California to work in the booming World War II shipyard industry. Whereas the cover of the edition that we are using in class is fairly subdued (Caucasian and black fingers intertwined with one another), we can see from the above images of previous covers of the novel, that the artwork was more provocative. For this week's blog post, I want students to take a hard look at these book covers and write a short reflection on what they think these covers say about the themes of the novel that they have encountered so far in their reading. Are these covers accurate? Problematic? Which one really stands out to you and why?
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