October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard

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October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard

by Lesléa Newman (Goodreads Author)

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WINNER OF A 2013 STONEWALL HONOR!

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...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Paul Hankins rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This review of OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD is based upon the Advanced Reader Copy of the title.

Is it any coincidence that the very day this book was left on my doorstep is the very day that I would stay home with my son who was not feeling well when he woke up? Or that the book would arrive on the 20th of April, a day where LGBT students volunteer to go silent for the day in solidarity in order to create a sense of gay awareness.

Leslea Newman's rending of the events of October 6...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Hailee rated it 5 of 5 stars

Full name: Hailee Christman
APA citation: Newman, L. (2012). October mourning. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Genre: Poetry/Verse
Award (if applicable): Stonewall Honor, 2013
Selected from: Booklist, starred review, September, 2012.
Format: Print

On an October Morning in 1998, Matthew Sheppard was found tied to a fence post on an old country road, left to die after being brutally assaulted and tortured. Why? Because he was a homosexual. In this beautiful book of verse by Leslea Newman, the tragic...more

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May 01, 2013 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars

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"October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard" by Lesléa Newman is the best verse novel I have ever read.

This novel is based off of the, unfortunately, true story of a 21 year old, homosexual college student named Matthew Shepard. Matthew is out at the bar one night in October of 1998, in Wyoming. He is tricked by two men, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, They convince him that they are gay as well and take him out to their truck. After he is in their truck, they drive in to a desolate plac...more

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Apr 01, 2013 Sharon rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Definitely an important book that should be offered to young people and should be in every YA collection, but the poetry is very uneven. May have helped Newman through the process of assimilating what happened to Matthew Shepard, but that need shows too clearly in the writing. There has been a great deal of praise showered on this book, but I wonder if it's at least partly because they are responding to the emotional impact, which it undoubtedly has.

Read aloud, many of the poems were more effec...more

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Mar 18, 2013 Billy Mathis rated it 5 of 5 stars

October Mourning is a series of poems written Leslea Newman that deals with the death of Mathew Shepard. The poems are told from the prospective of many people and objects that were involved in the beating and eventual death of Shepard. The stories and poems are extremely sad and emotional and offer a potential insight to the feelings and emotions of the people involved in the actions that took place.

I would use this poem collection to show students how to use personification for inanimate objec...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Emilia St. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Sexual orientation is a topic that has become more widely accepted, especially over the past 10 years. People seem to be more comfortable talking about gay/lesbian issues or news. In 1998, a young man was brutally murdered because his sexual preference was against the norms of society. Two other young men took it upon themselves to make sure he did not have a choice again.
Matthew Shepard was 21 years old when he was killed. His story inspired many to fight against the hatred against the gay com...more Sexual orientation is a topic that has become more widely accepted, especially over the past 10 years. People seem to be more comfortable talking about gay/lesbian issues or news. In 1998, a young man was brutally murdered because his sexual preference was against the norms of society. Two other young men took it upon themselves to make sure he did not have a choice again.
Matthew Shepard was 21 years old when he was killed. His story inspired many to fight against the hatred against the gay community. October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard is a book of poetry written by one of the people that chose to stand up for what was right. Lesléa Newman, the author of the collection, said that she was so upset by the story of Matthew that she had to do something about it. Even though Matthew would not be there to read her work, she would at least feel that she did something to spread awareness and share his memory. As a gay woman herself, Newman was truly moved to spread her word.
Newman’s poems come from the view point of different people, as well as things that had to do with Mathew’s death. None of the viewpoints are actually the opinions of the people involved, but the emotions portrayed within the text seem very real. Some poems are written from those that were close with Matthew. These share the emotions and pain that they have felt throughout the time of his passing. Another poem is from the viewpoint of the fence in which the young man was left to die. The “fence” explains what it wishes it could have done to save the boy, but could not. The viewpoints from the two murderer’s side are also mentioned. This was one side that made me cringe as a reader, but felt was important to mention within the text.
More than anything, this book brings awareness to a topic that is ongoing. There are always going to be people that have differing opinions about sexual orientation. Even though everyone may not agree, it is important to build an understanding and respect for those that might be different. This would be a book that I would use in my classroom when talking about diversity. The story of Matthew is something that a student should hear whether they be gay or straight. This story teaches acceptance, while allowing the reader to connect with multiple viewpoints as well.
Throughout my college experience, my favorite class I have taken was about teaching diversity to my students. This book could fit in with a lesson on acceptance, as well as sexual orientation. This book is somewhat graphic so I am not sure that I would fully recommend to a young reader. But, I would definitely share portions of it aloud with my class. This story brought out a lot of emotions in me as a reader. I knew the story of Matthew, but to see depictions of the story brought about it a different way was heart wrenching, as well as heartwarming.
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Feb 24, 2013 Helen rated it 5 of 5 stars

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On October 6, 1998, a gay college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a bar by two men pretending to be gay who then savagely beat him and left him for dead, tied to a fence in sub-freezing temperatures in Wyoming. He was found 18-hours later and died five days later.

Newman, who never met Shepard, has written a book of poems that sequentially tell a story. She chooses various viewpoints for each poem, including viewpoints of inanimate objects, such as the fence he was tied to and the gu...more

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Feb 22, 2013 Andrea rated it 5 of 5 stars

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October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesleá Newman won honors for the Stonewall Awards in Children’s and Adult Literature in 2013. What immediately drew me to this book was the format. Written in poetic free verse, this book is powerful, beautiful tribute to Matthew Shepard, a homosexual man who would be turning 37 this year but whose life was cut short due to the hatred displayed by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson in 1998, when Shepard was merely 21 years old and a University of...more October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesleá Newman won honors for the Stonewall Awards in Children’s and Adult Literature in 2013. What immediately drew me to this book was the format. Written in poetic free verse, this book is powerful, beautiful tribute to Matthew Shepard, a homosexual man who would be turning 37 this year but whose life was cut short due to the hatred displayed by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson in 1998, when Shepard was merely 21 years old and a University of Wyoming college student. McKinney and Henderson pretended to be gay, lured Shepard from a local bar to their truck, drove him out to a deserted field where they tied him to a wooden fence, beat him with a pistol, and left him there to die. He was discovered 18 hours later, bloodied except for the marks running down his face where tears had been. He was taken to the hospital, never to regain consciousness, and died five days later on October 12. Lesleá Newman visited Shepard’s university and was a keynote speaker for Gay Awareness Week, an event that the University of Wyoming’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Association was sponsoring; Shepard was a part of this group and this planning. Due to the events that transpired in Laramie, Wyoming , and the nagging thoughts and concerns about this night, Newman wrote this book ten years later in order to share her perceptions of the events and inspire others to “make a difference and honor his legacy by erasing hate and replacing it with compassion, understanding, and love” (xi).

The book contains and introduction and afterword that explain the facts and Newman's thoughts surrounding this horrific event, but the real showcase is the 68 poems that tell the story. Incorporated in these poems are direct quotes, which are cited, from various individuals—friends, police officers, the press, the perpetrators, and students. The poems also are written from different viewpoints as Newman perceives them—the parents, the bartender, even the fence that held on to Shepard while he cried and lost consciousness and the candles lit at an evening vigil, and even Matthew himself. Newman’s pieces are simple yet thought-provoking, sure to evoke emotion in the reader with their strong diction and powerful figurative language. When I first saw this slim book, I thought I could read it in one sitting. Due to the nature of the topic and gut reaction I had, I couldn't bear to read more than a handful of poems at a time. They deserved to be read and re-read, pondered, and explored. Each one, whether it was from the bracelet raising awareness for this despicable act to the fence that braced Shepard in his final moments of life to Aaron McKinney who stated he doesn't have any remorse, caused me to have a primal reaction. I couldn't help but feel empathy and consider this story from all these points of view. The point of view that struck me most, however, was that of a parent since I am also a parent. In the end, this collection of poetry made a mark on me that I will never forget. Newman sought to help leave a legacy for Matthew Shepard, and this book does just that.

Due to the serious nature of this topic, this book is best suited for eighth graders and up. It would be a wonderful addition to a study of civil rights and certainly would make for some memorable discussion in literature circles or in a whole class discussion.
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Feb 19, 2013 Jeff Thomson rated it 5 of 5 stars

October 6, 1998, was a sad day in the state of Wyoming. Matthew Shepard, a gay, twenty-one year old college student, was at the bar enjoying a drink, when two men lured him into their truck and gave him a savage beating. After the brutal beat down, Matthew was left for dead along a fence in the middle of nowhere. All of this took place in the week before gay awareness week at the University of Wyoming.

This collection of poems sheds light on the many perspectives that were involved in the case of...more

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Feb 10, 2013 Bruce rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This sincere memorial to Shepard, beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die because he was gay, is the result of Newman’s grief over the crime that preceded by five days her keynote address for Gay Awareness Week at the University of Wyoming in October 1998. Unfortunately, the reflections and reimagining of the events are told as a series of clichéd amateur doggerel. Therapeutic as the writing undoubtedly were for the author, the result is some remarkably bad verse. Only the final epilogue, “Pilg...more

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Nov 28, 2012 Barbara rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I remember my shock at the news reports surrounding the beating and eventual death of Matthew Shepard back in 1998. In my naiveness, I had thought crimes and attitudes that led to his torture and death were in the past, and I was surprised, so surprised at what had happened to him. A few years later the University of New Orleans theater department staged The Laramie Project, and I dragged several friends to see it with me. The staging was designed so that members of the audience felt as though t...more

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Nov 14, 2012 Julia Driscoll rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This extremely sad and powerful group of poems is a reminisence and imagining of a horrifyingly violent incidence of hate crime. Matthew Shepard was a gay college student in Wyoming who in 1998 was lured from a bar and then beaten an left tied to a fence for 18 hours. He suffered all kinds of injuries from the beating and exposure and died about a week later.

The author of this book was to be the keynote speaker at the University of Wyoming's Gay Awareness Week which coincided with the week of M...more

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Oct 27, 2012 bjneary rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I want to thank Lauren Strohecker for this wonderful gift to our library and with it her advice that it is a must read for young adults. I wholeheartedly concur; in 68 poems in this spare, yet piercing novel in verse, the author was scheduled to speak at Matthew Shepard's college and found out just before about the savage beating this young man received. Leslea Newman kept her keynote engagement and spoke and wept at the sheer horror of this hate crime toward an innocent victim who succumbs to d...more

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Oct 19, 2012 NCPL Teenzone rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Why I picked up the book: I was a freshman in college the fall of 2008, when Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered. I had planned to attend UW but at the last minute chose to stay home and attend CWC. I will never forgot the day of his funeral. The weather was a reflection of the mood: gray, gloomy, stormy, snow. I've read the book by Matthew's mother and wondered what this book would add.

Why I finished it: This short book is a beautiful gift to the memory of Matthew. The poetry is exceptional a...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Kelly Hager rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a short book of poems all centered around the murder of Matthew Shepard. They're told from various perspectives (human but also inanimate objects including the fence that he was tied to).

I've read a lot of Leslea Newman's books and loved all that I've read. This is by far the best thing of hers that I've read. I hope it gets the widespread audience that it deserves, but I can't imagine any of my straight friends wanting to read a book of poems about a brutal murder.

That's too bad because...more

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Nov 29, 2012 Claudia rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Well, I cried all through three hours of classes today, finishing this small, powerful, moving book. Leslea Newman was to have met Matthew Shepard at the Gay Awareness Week activities at the University of Wyoming. Instead, she arrived at Laramie to join the mourning for his horrific death. No stranger to controversy, Newman stayed, helped the community find its voice, and used her talents to craft this mix of nonfiction and fiction...poetry of the highest order.

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Oct 21, 2012 Sonja rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book came to me hot on the heels of my first viewing of "The Laramie Project" in an excellent production staged by the local community theater and shortly after the 14th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death. So, my mind was already full of his story when I plunged into the series of 68 simple, direct poems as stripped down and barren as the Wyoming landscape in which Matthew Shepard was tortured and suffered and died for being who he was - a gay man.

This poem particularly echoed in my hea...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Kellee rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I was a junior in high school at a fine arts school of choice when Matthew Shepard was murdered. My two best friends were both gay. I remember that they were afraid of going anywhere alone after Matthew was killed. We cried for him. However, over time Matthew has become one of a way too big statistic. Though his horrendous death got a lot of press, hate crimes on gay, lesbian, queer, transgendered, bisexual and transsexual people happen daily....more

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Nov 12, 2012 Ann rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is hard for me to rate. Leslea Newman is obviously an exceptional, groundbreaking (Heather has two mommies) author. Her credentials to write a book about Matthew Shepherd are impeccable. She arrived at the University of Wyoming to be the keynote speaker for Gay Awareness Week on October 12, 1998-the day Matthew Shepherd died. Newman has worked closely with the Matthew Shepherd Foundation for years. Her heart and soul are obviously in this work. So why did I struggle with the book? I lo...more

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Feb 06, 2013 Donna rated it 3 of 5 stars

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In 1998 Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay college student, was tied to a fence in rural Wyoming, brutally beaten and left to die. He was discovered 18 hours later and rushed to a hospital, but never regained consciousness. Newman, a poet, spoke at his university for National Coming Out Day just five days later. She revisits the crime and its aftermath in this slim book of verse.

My feelings about the individual poems are mixed. Some, like "Where Is My Boy?" (from the POV of Shepard's cat -- "Wh...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Ricki rated it 5 of 5 stars

I will never forget Matthew Shepard's story. This is an incredibly important publication--both for those who know and remember his story, and for those who were too young to have lived through the horror of it all. Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old, openly gay college student encountered two other college students in a bar on fateful night on October 6th, 1998. Pretending to be gay, the two men lured Matthew into their truck, drove to a deserted area, tied him to a fence, and beat him with a pistol...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Lynn rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Today’s Non-Fiction post is on “October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard” by Lesléa Newman. It is 112 pages long including notes, explanation of poetic forms, and resources at the end of the volume. The cover is a scene from the area where Shepard was beaten; it is in tired colors of tan, white and blue. There is a fence stretching across it and going to the back of the book. This book can be read by anyone over the age of about sixteen. There is language, talk of the violence that killed Sh...more Today’s Non-Fiction post is on “October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard” by Lesléa Newman. It is 112 pages long including notes, explanation of poetic forms, and resources at the end of the volume. The cover is a scene from the area where Shepard was beaten; it is in tired colors of tan, white and blue. There is a fence stretching across it and going to the back of the book. This book can be read by anyone over the age of about sixteen. There is language, talk of the violence that killed Shepard, sex, and other adult themes. So parents read this with your young adults and talk with them about it. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the dust jacket- 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 book Heather 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 fictitious monologues from various points of view, including the fence Matthew was tied to, the stars that watched over him, the deer that kept him company, and Matthew himself. More than a decade later, this stunning cycle of sixty-eight poems serves as an illumination for readers too young to remember, and as a powerful, enduring tribute to Matthew Shepard’s life.

Review- I admit that I was jaded coming in to reading this. The author’s information at the back was all about what awards she has won, what books she has written, and at the bottom it says she works closely with the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Yes I read author’s bios if I do not know the author. I thought that she was just using a horrible tragedy to make more renown for herself. I do not think that now. Newman was going to speak to Shepard’s group the day before he was attacked. She walked into a storm of grief and fear. I cried while reading this. I remember when this attack happened. The way that Newman helps the reader connect with the fear, pain, grief, and loss of Matthew is beautiful. The only thing I would change would be the author’s bio because it feels that Newman is ringing her own bell. I understand that is something that all authors (no matter what of) have to do but I, personally, do not think that this book is the place to do it. Read this book and think about your gay friends, co-workers, or family. I saw my close gay friends when Newman talked about how Matthew was strung up to die alone. It broke my heart. There is no resolution in this book but that is because there is no resolution in the real world either.

I give this book Five out of Five. I get nothing for my review and I was given this book to review for an assignment in graduate school.
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Feb 06, 2013 Shannon rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This one's a wow. Leslea Newman was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the University of Wyoming's Gay Awareness Week on October 11, 1998. On October 6, 1998, a gay, twenty-one year old UW student was tortured and beaten and left for dead. October Mourning: a Song for Matthew Shepard is a book of poetry honoring Matthew Shepard. I love the way Newman has written this book of poetry. She begins with an introduction to Matthew's story. Then, the poetry begins. The poems are meant to be read in...more

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Jan 07, 2013 Arielle rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Matthew Shepard and I were close to the same age. Less than a year apart. I remember hearing about the horrific event that happened right before my 21st in 1998. This book of powerful poetry ("poetic imagination" as the author calls it) recounts Shepard's story from various viewpoints like the fence, the bartender, the mother, the killers, the bicyclist that found him. It is an important work. It is for teens. It is for adults. It is compassionate and thought-provoking and heart-breaking and hop...more

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Apr 27, 2012 Laura Salas rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Laura by: Sylvia Vardell

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A stunning collection of poems imagining the circumstances surrounding gay college student Matthew Shepard's death in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. Leslea uses many poetic forms to powerful effect, especially mask poems, where she writes from the point of view of the highway, the fence, the truck... And the endings of her poems are amazing. Strong. Haunting. Illuminating. This is a must-have collection for anyone who loves poetry. And, of course, those looking for material related to bullying, hate...more

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Feb 20, 2013 Nicki rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I never thought a poem written from the point of view of a fence could make me cry. Thats exactly what happened with this book...

The book includes poems written from the point of view of objects and people who were in some way related to the beating and death of Matthew Shepard and the trial of his murderers. Other than the fence that Matthew was tied to, the author also writes from a doe that was lying near Matthew when he was found, the stars in the sky that night, the pick-up truck he rode in...more

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May 14, 2012 Robin Cicchetti rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: death, poetry, novel-in-verse

On Sunday, October 11, 1998, the author Leslea Newman was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the University of Wyoming's Gay Awareness Week. Matthew Shepard died the next day, as a result of the brutal beating he had sustained six days before.
Newman's incredible collection of poems brings back the outrage, horror, and the tragedy of the night through a myriad of voices. The fence that held Matthew as he hung, tied, through the long night. The stars looking down on him, mothers, fathers, town...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Dani rated it 5 of 5 stars

Excellent collection of poetry devoted to a heartbreaking moment in this country's LGBTQ history. The multiple (and imaginative) points of view run and evoke the gamut of human emotion--- all inspired by one tragic, brutal and inhumane act that I remember seeing covered on the news when I was a teen. The author brings us right back to Laramie Wyoming that October of 1998. And with bullying being in the forefront of the news in recent years, those with children/young adults or those who work with...more

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Feb 19, 2013 Samantha Tai rated it 4 of 5 stars

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On Oct. 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay twenty-one-year-old University of Wyoming student was lured from a bar by two young men, savagely beaten and then tied to a fence in Laramie, WY and left to die. In Oct of 1998, I was just finishing my last semester of college. Until I read this book, I never heard of Matthew Shepard (to the surprise and chagrin of my two co-workers). In October Mourning, Leslea Newman creates a historical novel in verse in memory of Matthew Shepard. October Mourning is a...more

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Mar 13, 2013 Jesse rated it 4 of 5 stars

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October Mourning is the author's attempt to envision the final days of Matthew Shepard's life. It is a beautiful homage to a young man who was murdered because of his sexual orientation. The message of this set of poems is a very positive one; it seeks to educate and support at the same time. I personally had a hard time reading some of the poems because of their content. I realize that because they were from alternate (and not always friendly) points-of-view that it makes sense for them to cont...more

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Lesléa Newman (born 1955, Brooklyn, NY) is the author of over 50 books including Heather Has Two Mommies, A Letter To Harvey Milk, Writing From The Heart, In Every Laugh a Tear, The Femme Mystique, Still Life with Buddy, Fat Chance and Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear.
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