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Welcome to my website, where you can learn about all things Lesléa: books I write, presentations I offer, mentoring services, and more! I started my literary career by publishing poems in Seventeen magazine when I was a teenager and I never looked back. Some of my best known titles are: October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard; A Letter to ...
Lesléa Newman [lɛzˈ liˌə] (born November 5, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American author, editor, and feminist best known for the children's book Heather Has Two Mommies. Four of her young adult novels have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature , making her one of the most ...
Lesléa (pronounced “Lez-LEE-uh”) Newman is the author of 85 books for readers of all ages, including A Letter to Harvey Milk; October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard; I Carry My Mother; The Boy Who Cried Fabulous; Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed; and Heather Has Two Mommies.
Apr 25, 2022 · Lesbian feminist writer Lesléa Newman made history in 1989 with her controversial children’s book, Heather Has Two Mommies. Inspired by Newman’s friend, a lesbian mother who complained that there were no children’s books with families that looked like hers, the book sparked national controversy.
Oct 5, 2023 · Like many queer people alive during the 1990s, the thought of Matthew Shepard still makes Lesléa Newman shudder. Shepard, a beautiful, adventurous Wyoming college student, became a symbol after...
Lesléa Newman (born 1955, Brooklyn, NY) is the author of over 50 books including Heather Has Two Mommies, A Letter To Harvey Milk, Writing From The Heart, In Every Laugh a Tear, The Femme Mystique, Still Life with Buddy, Fat Chance and Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear.
Apr 24, 2014 · Lesléa Newman: So, What Was That Like? By Elon Green. April 24, 2014. Lesléa Newman’s “Heather Has Two Mommies,” the story of a child and her lesbian parents, Mama Jane and Mama Kate, was...
Home » Author Interview: Lesléa Newman Discusses Poetry, Point of View & Always Matt. By Mitu Malhotra. Spotlight image: Mitu Malhotra and Lesléa Newman with Lesléa’s books. Today we welcome Lesléa Newman to share her writing process. I have long admired Lesléa’s lyrical works for children.
Lesléa Newman is the author of more than 50 books, including Heather Has Two Mommies, the first children’s book to portray lesbian families in a positive way. She has received many literary awards and is currently the Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts.
Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard. I Wish My Father. I Carry My Mother. You are here: Lesléa Newman Books for Adults.
Jun 1, 2024 · Joyful Song: A Naming Story—An Interview with Lesléa Newman. Keshet recently sat down with renowned author, Lesléa Newman, to discuss her wonderful new children’s book. Lesléa has written over 85 books, including the groundbreaking Heather Has Two Mommies. We know you will love this one!
Lesléa Newman has 101 books on Goodreads with 63382 ratings. Lesléa Newman’s most popular book is October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard.
Feb 3, 2016 · A proud lesbian feminist writer, Lesléa Newman made history in 1989 with her controversial children’s book, Heather Has Two Mommies. Heather was inspired by Newman’s friend, a lesbian mother, who complained that there were no children’s books with families that looked like hers.
Apr 8, 2020 · Beloved and bestselling author Lesléa Newman offers a tender tribute to a lost family member in this touching story that can help families start to heal. Opening Lines: My big brother Ethan was so tall, he had to duck his head when he walked through the front door.
Bibliography. Novels. The Reluctant Daughter, Bold Strokes Books, Johnsonville, NY 2009. In Every Laugh A Tear, New Victoria Publishers, Norwich, VT 1992, new edition 1998. Good Enough to Eat, Firebrand Books, Ithaca, NY 1986, Sheba Feminist Publishers, London, England 1986. Short Story Collections.
Jan 4, 2024 · Award-winning author Lesléa Newman, whose 1989 book “Heather Has Two Mommies” was banned in numerous schools and libraries across the country when it was released, was looking forward to...
On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die.
Lesléa Newman’s Books for Kids and Teens. Welcome to my website! Here you can learn all about the books I write for kids and teens, the programs I offer to schools, libraries, conferences, and community centers, and much, much more.
With lively, gender-neutral rhyming verses and fun, gender-bending images, author Lesléa Newman and illustrator Maya Gonzalez invite young readers into a space where creativity and acceptance are enjoyed by all, and where each child will be inspired to say, "I can be... me!"
Finalist, Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World, 2024. Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard. American Library Association Rainbow List, 2024. The Fairest in the Land.
Jan 1, 1994 · Judi Liebowitz thinks she's fat. And she's convinced, as she confides in her diary, that she'd be happier if she were skinnier. So when Judi becomes friendly with pencil-thin, glamorous Nancy Pratt, she learns Nancy's secret and joins her in the secret binge-and-purge cycles of bulimia.
Best Short Stories of Lesléa Newman span the years 1988–2002, during which time she wrote six volumes of short stories: A Letter to Harvey Milk, Secrets, Every Woman’s Dream, Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear, Girls Will Be Girls, and She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not.
Three Poems from I Wish My Father.
