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Rasheed Newson has written an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners novel alive with humor and full of urgency. Newson’s Trey and his determination to live life on his own terms, even in the face of death all around him, brings into three dimension an era of New York Queer life that, too often, has been flattened and whitewashed by history.”
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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.
Rasheed once spent several hours sitting in a coffee shop because he’d heard rumors that gay people frequented the coffee shop. His loitering was fruitless. Rasheed is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he wrote movie reviews for the school newspaper, The Hoya.
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Aug 23, 2022 · Rasheed Newson. A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s New York City, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and Bel-Air.
