A short story by this author is narrated by an algebra teacher whose daughter, Grace, has just died of polio. That narrator's drug addict brother, the title character, comes to stay with him and plays in Creole's jazz band. Another short story by this author ends with Jesse only being able to have sex with his wife Grace by remembering seeing a man's testicles cut off and his body burnt at a lynching. This author of "Sonny's Blues" and "Going to Meet the Man" wrote a novel whose protagonist wrestles with a handsome teenager named Elisha. That n
A short story by this author is narrated by an algebra teacher whose daughter, Grace, has just died of polio. That narrator's drug addict brother, the title character, comes to stay with him and plays in Creole's jazz band. Another short story by this author ends with Jesse only being able to have sex with his wife Grace by remembering seeing a man's testicles cut off and his body burnt at a lynching. This author of "Sonny's Blues" and "Going to Meet the Man" wrote a novel whose protagonist wrestles with a handsome teenager named Elisha. That novel tells of the spiritual encounter of young Harlem resident John, whose abusive father is a church deacon named Gabriel. For 10 points, name this African-American author of Go Tell It on the Mountain.
A short story by this author is narrated by an algebra teacher whose daughter, Grace, has just died of polio.
James {Baldwin}