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Rasheed Newson is a TV writer and producer and the author of My Government Means to Kill Me, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1980s NYC. The book received critical acclaim and awards, and is available for purchase on the website.
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Aug 20, 2022 · In his debut, “My Government Means to Kill Me,” Rasheed Newson shines a vivid light onto underappreciated aspects of our history through the life of a gay Black teenager.
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Aug 23, 2022 · Screenwriter Rasheed Newson turns his talents to the page with a gorgeous coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis.
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Aug 23, 2022 · The novelist and TV writer Rasheed Newson is 43, which makes him too young to have participated in the heyday of AIDS activism and the civil rights movement.
Aug 23, 2022 · Vibrant, humorous, and fraught with entanglements, Rasheed Newson’s My Government Means to Kill Me is an exhilarating, fast-paced coming-of-age story that lends itself to a larger discussion about what it means for a young gay Black man in the mid-1980s to come to terms with his role in the midst of a political and social reckoning.
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Sep 10, 2022 · Earl Singleton III, who prefers to go by Trey, moves to New York City in 1985 with less than $2,500 to his name in Rasheed Newson’s vibrant debut novel, “ My Government Means to Kill Me .”.