Lesléa Newman Reading from October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard

Newman is the award-winning author of 60 books for adults, young adults, and children, including A Letter to Harvey Milk, Nobody's Mother, Hachiko Waits, Write from the Heart, The Boy Who Cried Fabulous, The Best Cat in the World, and Heather Has Two Mommies. Her latest book, October Mourning, is a cycle of 68 poems that explores the effect of Matthew Shepard's murder upon the world.