October Mourning, a novel in verse, is her deeply felt response to the events of that tragic day. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered, but she remained haunted by Matthew’s murder. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Lesléa Newman, discussing her book Heather Has Two Mommies. 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. GoodReads Summary: A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard’s murder on the world. Genre/Format: Historical Fiction/Novel-In-Verse Title: October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
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