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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 · The book jacket of Rasheed Newson’s extraordinary debut, “My Government Means to Kill Me,” features the title in big, pink, all-caps type, followed by the words “A NOVEL” in the same ...
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Aug 23, 2022 · My Government Means to Kill Me isn’t just a page-turning Bildungsroman about a queer Black teenager. It’s also a correction to the historical narrative around AIDS. In the opening pages of Rasheed Newson’s debut novel, 17-year-old Trey arrives in New York City from Indianapolis in 1985, having turned his back on his family’s trust fund.
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Aug 23, 2022 · By Rasheed Newson Flatiron: 288 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org , whose fees support independent bookstores.
Rasheed is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he wrote movie reviews for the school newspaper, The Hoya. During. Rasheed grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the eldest of three children. He showed an early interest in reading poetry and fiction. Nikki Giovanni and Kurt Vonnegut were among his favorite writers.
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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.”More ...
