October Mourning A Song for Matthew Shepard

Name: October Mourning A Song for Matthew Shepard
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ISBN: 9780763658076

ISBN-10: 0763658073

ISBN-13: 9780763658076

Edition: 2012

Authors: Leslï¿½a Newman

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A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard’s murder on the world.On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesléa Newman, discussing her bookHeather Has Two Mommies. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered, but she remained haunted by Matthew’s murder.October Mourning,a novel in verse, is her deeply felt response to the events of that tragic day. Using her poetic imagination, the author creates…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 9/25/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550