For 10 points, identify this author of "Sonny's Blues," Blues for Mister Charlie, Giovanni's Room, and Go Tell it on the Mountain.
The narrator of one of his short stories disapproves of the title character's desire to be a jazz pianist, while Jo commits perjury as Parnell defends the store-owner Lyle in a case concerning Richard's murder in another work. The title character of one of his novel murders Guillaume after ending a homosexual relationship with the protagonist David, and another work features characters such as Florence and Elizabeth Grimes and centers on the stepson of Stephen Gabriel who attains salvation on his fourteenth birthday. For 10 points, identify this author of "Sonny's Blues," Blues for Mister Charlie, Giovanni's Room, and Go Tell it on the Mountain.
The narrator of one of his short stories disapproves of the title character's desire to be a jazz pianist, while Jo commits perjury as Parnell defends the store-owner Lyle in a case concerning Richard's murder in another work.
James Arthur {Baldwin}