Rasheed Newson

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…

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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

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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:📚📚📚📚
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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?

THIS SUNDAY! Want 2 Sell Your Pilot?!
ONLY 2 SPOTS!

Join @rasheed.bsky.social, E.P. of “Bel-Air,” Apr 27. He’ll dive into creating compelling hooks, building powerful story turns & sharpening your pilot’s premise/subtext in this group session.

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THIS SUNDAY! Meet Showrunner @rasheed.bsky.social (“Bel-Air”) in person via Zoom.

With years in writers’ rooms, Rasheed knows exactly what it takes to thrive in this industry—& he’s sharing that knowledge directly with u.

Apr 27 | Group Session
12-2PM PT
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Last night @ BookSoup, the tall and talented Seán Hewitt enthralled everyone during a conversation with @jasonblitman.bsky.social of @gaysreading.bsky.social Go buy Seán’s novel OPEN, HEAVEN. (I stayed up way too late reading the opening chapter. It is mesmerizing!)

Want your pilot to stand out?

Take a tip from @rasheed.bsky.social, exec producer of “Bel-Air.” He knows what it takes to create scripts that get noticed by showrunners, producers & execs.

Sign up 4 Rasheed’s April 27 Group Zoom to elevate your pilot!
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Want 2 Sell Your Pilot?!

Join @rasheed.bsky.social, E.P. of “Bel-Air,” Apr 27. He’ll dive into creating compelling hooks, building powerful story turns & sharpening your pilot’s premise/subtext in this intimate group session.

20% Off April 4-10
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Los Angeles!
At Chevalier's Bookstore on Friday, March 28th, come to

GAY DUDES BOOK CHAT!

We'll be celebrating the release of Rex Ogle's

WHEN WE RIDE

featuring Rasheed Newson, Marcelo Verdad Gallardo, Aaron Aceves, and myself!

RSVP: bit.ly/GDBC2025 ⬅️

#AWP #Gay #GayBooks #QueerBooks

New Mentor @rasheed.bsky.social!
Co-Showrunner of "Bel-Air”

He has sold pilots to HBO, Amazon & CBS & knows what it takes to craft a TV pilot that stands out. Now, he's bringing his expertise to u!

Hooks, Surprises & Subtext:
April 27 • 12-2PM PT via Zoom

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I had a wonderful time @butleru.bsky.social reading from “My Government Means to Kill Me,” and my next novel “There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood,” coming out in 2026.

MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to 'crisis' The John D

Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now.

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Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds Study counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicit The majority of banned books in US public schools last year dealt with people of color, LGBTQ+ people and other demographics, according to a…

Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds

40 year old library card

40 year old library card

Author Rasheed Newson announcement that he has a reading at Butler University on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30pm

I got my first library card from the Indianapolis Public Library when I was six years old, and I still have it. I’ll be back in Indy on Tues, March 4 for a @butleru.bsky.social book event at 7:30pm at the Schrott Center for the Arts. If I swing by the library, will my 40 yr old card still work?

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The legion is growing. #StarWars

My mother is an Actress.

Conventional wisdom suggests that if a book doesn’t become a bestseller out of the gate, it won’t happen down the line. The ongoing support from @flatironbooks.bsky.social, indie bookstores, and libraries allowed my novel to find its wider audience. We bucked conventional wisdom! Tell everybody!