God says no
By: by James Hannaham
Series: McSweeney's rectangulars
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780802144966
Subjects: African Americans; African American gay men; Religious life; Christian gay men; Fiction
Description: Gary Gray marries his first girlfriend, a fellow student from Central Florida Christian College who loves Disney World as much as he does. They are nineteen years old, God-fearing, and eager to start a family, but a week before their wedding Gary goes into a waffle house bathroom and lets something happen. God says no is his testimony--the story of a young Black Christian struggling with desire and belief, with his love for his wife and his appetite for other men, told in a singular, soulful voice. Driven by desperation and religious visions, the path that Gary Gray takes--from revival meetings to "out" life in Atlanta to a pray-away-the-gay ministry--gives a riveting picture of how a life like his can be lived, and how it can't--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published in 2009 by McSweeney's Book, San Francisco.