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RASHEED NEWSON, Author
🏳️🌈 Author of "My Government Means To Kill Me" (2022 Lambda Literary Prize for Gay Fiction Finalist; a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice) 📺 writer ("Bel-Air," "Narcos," "The Chi," "The 100") RasheedNewson.com
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April = National Poetry Month
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My novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me,” tells the story of a young Black man coming of age in New York City at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1986/1987 - and so, he would have heard this song on the radio all the time.
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Pay assistants a living wage.
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Footnote #15 in “My Government Means to Kill Me” is all about Prince’s disappointing “evolution.”
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On producing miracles in television...
Listen to this full conversation between me and Matt Baume on his podcast "The Sewers of Paris."
(Photo: Me and my writing partner T.J. Brady at an undisclosed Hollywood soundstage)
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My publishing journey…how 40 NOs led to 1 YES.
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My furry friend, ZuZu, loves "My Government Means to Kill Me."
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Footnote 39 in “My Government Means to Kill Me” is all about the complicated final years of Perry Ellis’ life.
#mygovernmentmeanstokillme#footnotes#queer books#gay books#lgbtq books#gay history#lgbtqia#aids awareness#perry ellis
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The 2024 Lambda Literary award nominations came out yesterday, and these are some of my favorite books from the illustrious list of nominees.
Congrats to all of these talented writers!
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Why the main character in "My Government Means to Kill Me" wasn't a "chaste hero."
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What a thrill it was to watch Miwa Messer interview the cagey and disarming literary giant Percival Everett for the launch of his new novel, “James.”
I am rarely starstruck, but I could barely speak while briefly greeting and thanking Mr. Everett on Tuesday night.
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On writing an unapologetically 🏳️🌈 novel…
(From my conversation with Justin Torres at the Palm Springs Readers’ Festival)
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Last book read: “Ours,” by Phillip B. Williams
Currently reading: “I Finally Bought Some Jordans,” by Michael Arceneaux
Up next: “The Sons of El Rey,” by Alex Espinoza
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One of the immense joys of going on book tour is that I’ve gotten to meet and become friends with many other Black authors who dazzle me with their talents and impress me with their humanity. (This post is not an exhaustive list.) But, if you haven’t already, add these books to your reading list. Black History Month ended last week, but on your bookshelves it should remain February forever.
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The library is open and, baby, did I get read (at the Palm Springs Readers Festival).
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