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Go the Way Your Blood Beats

by Shawn Stewart Ruff

Today's most distinguished writers and acclaimed new voices present extraordinary fiction on homosexuality in the lives of African Americans. Featuring America's long-celebrated authorsJames Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, Richard Wright - as well as the works of a new generation of critically heralded writers, including Sapphire, Jacqueline Woodson, Charles Harvey, Go the Way Your Blood Beats brings together a family of literary fiction that examines Black lesbian and gay identity, from inside the closet and out. Through thirty-two stories, nearly half in print for the first time, writers from the Harlem Renaissance to the present examine such issues as homophobia, bisexuality, AIDS, cross-dressing, and accepting one's self.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?