RASHEED NEWSON on Writing "MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME" and The Toll of AIDS Activism The Creative Hour

ABOUT THE GUEST: RASHEED NEWSON is an author, a television drama writer, an executive producer, and a showrunner. My Government Means to Kill Me (in stores August 23, 2022) is his debut novel. Rasheed – along with his television writing partner, T.J. Brady – is also the showrunner of the drama series Bel-Air (premieres Feb. 2022 on Peacock).

ABOUT "MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME": A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story, following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s NYC, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and Bel-Air.

PHOTO IN ALBUM ARTWORK BY CHRISTOPHER MARR

Mentioned Media


WE WERE HERE, documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ656rmQAaM
BAYARD RUSTIN and JAMES BALDWIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OalPJ3ITHKg
ACT UP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAzU79PBVM
"Why Black AIDS History Matters": https://www.aaihs.org/why-black-aids-history-matters/
LARRY KRAMER: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/512714500/larry-kramer-pioneering-aids-activist-and-writer-dies-at-84