Rasheed Newson in conversation with Jonathan Escoffery @ Fabulosa Books in San Francisco, CA

Rasheed Newson is a writer and producer of Bel-Air, The Chi, and Narcos.  My Government Means to Kill Me, a Lambda Literary Award Finalist and a New York Times Editor's choice, is his debut novel.  My Government Means to Kill Me was named a 'best' book of 2022 by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Debutiful, the Tattered Cover, and the New York Times.  It was named a 'best' LGBTQ book of year by Queerty, them, and the Gay Times.   

Jonathan Escoffery is the author of the linked story collection, If I Survive You, a New York Times and Booklist Editor’s Choice, an IndieNext Pick, and an International Bestseller. If I Survive You was longlisted for the National Book Award, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the PEN/ Robert W. Bingham Prize For Debut Short Story Collection, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the Story Prize, and…