Diversity Matters Book Group : "My Government Means To [censored] Me"

Library : Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library

Location : Manchester Library Front Lawn Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library, 15 Union Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, 01944

Start : Wednesday 26th of June 2024 6:00 PM

End : Wednesday 26th of June 2024 7:00 PM

Description :

June's Diversity Matters book group's pick is "My Government Means To [censored] Me" by Rasheed Newson. About the Book: "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 Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, Earl 'Trey' Singleton III leaves his overbearing parents and their expectations behind by running away to New York City with only a few dollars in his pocket. In the City, Trey meets up with a cast of characters that change his life forever--from civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, who he meets in a Harlem bathhouse, to his landlord, Fred Trump, who he clashes with and outfoxes. He volunteers at a renegade home hospice for [censored] patients, and after being put to the test by gay rights activist Larry Kramer and civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton, becomes a founding member of the [censored] Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). Along the way Trey attempts to navigate past traumas and searches for ways to maintain familial relationships--all while seeking the meaning of life in the midst of so much death. Vibrant, humorous, and fraught with entanglements, Rasheed Newson's My Government Means to [censored] Me is an exhilarating, fast-paced, coming-of-age story that lends itself to a larger discussion about what it means for a young, gay, Black man in the mid-1980s to come to terms with his role in the midst of a political and social reckoning"--Catalog. Physical book copies are available at the circulation desk and as an eBook and digital audiobook on the Libby app., Email mwillwerth@manchesterpl.org for more info and to get connected to the group.  manchesterpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/diversity-matters-book-group-my-government-means-to-[censored]-me/