An edition of October mourning (2012)

October mourning

a song for Matthew Shepard

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An edition of October mourning (2012)

October mourning

a song for Matthew Shepard

1st ed.
  • 4.0 (3 ratings) ·
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  • 4 Have read

On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped 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.

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Publisher
Candlewick
Language
English
Pages
128

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Cover of: October Mourning
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
2020, Candlewick Press, Candlewick
in English
Cover of: October Mourning
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
Mar 09, 2016, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
audio cd
Cover of: October mourning
October mourning: a song for Matthew Shepard
2012, Candlewick
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: October Mourning
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
Sep 25, 2012, Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Somerville, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.5.N49 Oct 2012, PZ7.5.N49Oct 2012, PS3564.E91628 O28 2012

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
128

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25329382M
Internet Archive
octobermournings0000newm
ISBN 10
0763658073
ISBN 13
9780763658076
LCCN
2011048358
OCLC/WorldCat
853462087

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