The Prayer

这部拟议中的小说《祈祷》讲述了一位黑人牧师山姆在当代伦敦市中心一个全黑人五旬节派的事工中的故事。萨姆认为自己是跨性别者，但他害怕自己的身份被暴露给他极度同性恋和跨性别恐惧症的教会会众，在那里他也找到了很多安慰、社区和爱。他爱上了他的一个不经意的互联网漫游伙伴艾伦：一个已婚的中年白人男子。在一个次要情节中，山姆试图接触到一名十几岁的少年，他是他的一群人的儿子，以防止他陷入黑人帮派和青年暴力的道路。男孩发现了山姆的秘密，并与教会的人分享了这一点。这部小说将探索黑人男子气概和黑人男性性行为，包括异性恋和同性恋。该批评项目分析了黑人男性作家詹姆斯·鲍德温、保罗·比蒂和迈克尔·托马斯的三部杰出文学作品中黑人男性气概和黑人男性性别认同的构建。

The proposed novel, 'The Prayer', charts the story of a black pastor, Sam, in an all-black, Pentecostal ministry in contemporary inner London. Sam identifies as trans but is terrified of his identity being revealed to his deeply homo- and transphobic church congregation, in whom he also finds much solace, community, and love. He falls in love with one of his casual internet cruising partners, Allen: a married middle-aged white man. A subplot features Sam trying to reach a teenager, the son of one of his flock, to prevent him from drifting into a path of black gangs and youth violence. The boy discovers Sam's secret and shares this with the men of the church. The novel will explore black masculinity and black male sexuality, both heterosexual and queer. The critical project analyses constructions of black masculinity and black male sexual identity regarding three distinguished literary works by the black male writers James Baldwin, Paul Beatty and Michael Thomas.