Cover of For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough

For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough

  • 2012 first published
  • 333 pages

Published in 2012, For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough is a gay fiction novel by Keith Boykin. The story is set in United States. Key subjects include gay men, African American gay men, gay youth and male homosexuality.

12 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

It runs to roughly 333 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Subjects

  • Gay men
  • African American gay men
  • Coming out, Sexual orientation
  • Gay youth
  • Male homosexuality
  • Homophobia
  • Biography
  • Homosexuality
  • LGBTQ essays
  • Stonewall Book Awards
  • LGBTQ HIV/AIDS
  • LGBTQ anthropology

Quick answers

Who wrote For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough?

For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough was written by Keith Boykin and first published in 2012.

What genre is For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.

How long is For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough?

The median edition has 333 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Shared Heart, Secret Matter and Am I blue?.

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