Rasheed Newson

Have you ever been in a meeting where everyone turns to you for an answer, and you realize you haven't heard a word of the last ten minutes?

Watch me and @rasheed.bsky.social talk about the MC in Altered Bodies

There is no "normal" to go back to.
Only what we do next.

Coming out this 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Pride Month! (June 2)

This is going to be so much fun and very insightful! Come out and join us — and go for dinner and drinks afterwards in the neighborhood!

Consider pre-ordering books while you shop this holiday season.

#Books #Readers #Authors #Bookstores

I also need to practice being less productive without feeling like less of a person.

I am actively attempting to do less.

Today is your last chance to see “Tight & Nerdy” at the Heartland International Film Festival!

1pm at Living Room Theaters in Indianapolis.

Get your tickets: tickets.heartlandfilm.org/schedule/68b...

The civil rights movement wasn’t just protests, it was a collective who was committed to living to see Black liberation in every way, not just on the day it’s time to march.

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

We are truly blown away by the fact that 3 tantalizing teasers from the Indy Burlesque scene are going to share their talents just before our documentary’s WORLD PREMIERE at the Heartland International Film festival - in partnership with the Indy Dance Council. Get your tickets: HeartlandFilm.org

THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD comes out from @flatironbooks.bsky.social on June 2, 2026, and is available for preorder everywhere books are sold. As seen in, People, this novel centers on a gay Black movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Sex, Hollywood censorship, and love abound.

congrats to alejandro varela, a genius king 👑, and eternal applause to @rasheed.bsky.social for being an incomparable conversation partner 🥄 get your copy of this beaut—out now! 🩷

My 10 yr old daughter asked me to escort her and her friends from the beach back to the house we’re renting. Her instructions: “Walk behind us and don’t talk to us please.”

I was proud she said, “please.”

When you get your novel back from the copyeditor, you have to explain some of your linguistic choices. A common thread has emerged in my notes….

Headshot of Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson. He is looking at the camera in a blue button down and navy blue jacket with a pink flower pin and gold bug pin on it. You can see the "Hollywood" sign in Los Angeles in the background. The sky is gray. The bottom of the image has The American Library in Paris logo with the text "2025-26 Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson"

Congratulations to 2025-26 Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson! @rasheed.bsky.social

At the Library, Newson will work on a novel about a gay, African-American, male runway model who becomes a brief international sensation during Paris Fashion Week in 1992.

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OMG it's here! I just received a box of incredibly beautiful author copies of my upcoming novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster, coming 8/19/25

A young trans witch teaches her heartbroken mother how to do magic. It's about families, queer survival, and learning to see clearly the people you love most

The American Library in Paris selected me to be one of its 2025-2026 Vistiting Fellows. I am honored! I am elated! I may never return from Paris…

americanlibraryinparis.org/visitingfell...

I LOVE LA!
No Kings

We had fun! Thanks to Bel Canto Books and Kubo LB for hosting a book event to celebrate GAYSIANS, the beautiful, sexy, and insightful graphic novel by @mikecurato.bsky.social. GO BUY THIS BOOK!

The cover of Rasheed Newson's MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME. A black man's face in silhouette against an arch-shaped rainbow gradient, with the text wrapped around it.

Post a Queer Book Every Day of Pride Challenge, Day 10: MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME, by @rasheed.bsky.social

A stack of queer books rests on a surface above the Bookshop.org logo. Words at the top read "Join Bookshop.org and LGBTQ Reads as we celebrate pride." A badge reads "20% off titles w/code PRIDE25".

Happy Pride Month! This year, LGBTQ Reads is partnering with @bookshop.org for a sale on over 100 books by LGBTQIA+ authors using code PRIDE25! bookshop.org/info/pride

Thank you to @savidgereads.bsky.social for your kind words. (I love that my book is a “corker”) youtu.be/hfhl0pMMf1w?...

Today is my birthday. I’m 46, and it dawned on me recently that if I want to write all the books and screenplays currently taking shape in my imagination, I’m going to need to live another 46 years — maybe longer. Time retains an urgency for me. I still have so much to do.

Today is #ReadAbook Weds!! Here are a few suggestions from:📚📚📚📚
@leslea.bsky.social
@rasheed.bsky.social
@tyhunter.bsky.social

It’s my honor to share words of support for The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery from bestselling author, screenwriter and showrunner @rasheed.bsky.social. Ever grateful.✨ A glam horror urban fantasy available for preorder now at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clare...

Yesterday was Independent Bookstore Day, and I had a blast celebrating it at DYM BOOKS & BOBA with the brilliant @carolynkhuynh.bsky.social!

Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day at DYM Books & Boba from Noon to 4pm - 2057 N LOS ROBLES AVE, Pasadena, CA

Hi #booksky I am going to be celebrating Indie Bookstore Day at DYM BOOKS & BOBA today at noon.

How are you celebrating?