Rasheed Newson

Rasheed Newson

@rasheed.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈 Bestselling Author of MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME and THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD 📺 writer: #BelAir #Narcos #The100

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Rasheed Newson
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While at the #LasVegas #BookFestival, I had the pleasure of meeting the intrepid and delightful owners of ANALOG DOPE. Go support this #IndieBookstore! (They have signed copies of “There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood.”) www.analogdope.com #BookSky

Rasheed Newson
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At the #LasVegas #BookFestival, I mentioned that while writing my first draft of a novel, I might get 30,000 or 40,000 words into the book, recognize a need for changes and go back to the beginning to rewrite what I have so far — sometimes cutting thousands of words. The gasps! The uproar!

Rasheed Newson
@rasheed.bsky.social

#BookSky What a fabulous night at Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room! I was fortunate enough to have the talented and insightful @charlesabush.bsky.social as an interlocutor, and we had an engaged audience for the discussion of “There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood.” My deepest 🙏🏾 to all who came out.

Rasheed Newson
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#BookSky join us tomorrow in #Philadelphia

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#Philadelphia I’m headed your way for a THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD reading and discussion with the captivating @charlesabush.bsky.social on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 6pm! Mark your calendars and come join us! #BookSky

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Philip Esteem
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Artists in the Afternoon: Writing Our Own Narrative Rasheed Newson, knows Hollywood now he’s Asking Who Gets to Rewrite It. The Bel-Air co-creator and The Chi writer joins Film, TV & New Media panel exploring identity, representation, power. FREE EVENT!! www.prideindex.com/artists-in-t...

prideindex.comArtists in the Afternoon: Writing Our Own NarrativeThe Bel-Air co-creator and The Chi writer joins Film, TV & New Media panel exploring identity, representation, power and the stories we tell about ourselves.
Rasheed Newson
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Got to talk about the research and the personal experiences that informed “There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood” in this @queerty.com article written by Joshua Mackey.

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Black, queer & caught in the 1950s studio machine: The radical history behind There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood - buff.ly/junEG2p

Rasheed Newson
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I swear that I’m aware of books other than my own — and this interview with THE NERD DAILY proves it. I discuss all the books I’m reading these days. Be sure to add them to your TBR. #BookSky thenerddaily.com/rasheed-news...

thenerddaily.comQ&A: Rasheed Newson, Author of 'There's Only One Sin in Hollywood' | The Nerd DailyWe chat with Rasheed Newson about There's Only One Sin in Hollywood, which is a cinematic, razor-sharp novel following a backlot fixer’s daring investigation into the suspicious death of a closeted Bl...

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Lit Hub
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“I kept looking for the flaws, the pieces that I had predetermined were broken and realized that I had never actually seen myself.” Phill Branch considers cinematic depictions of Blackness.

buff.lyA Place For Me: Navigating My Blackness Through Film and PrintAt one point, I am certain it was grand. That’s not how I met the Castle Theater in the 1980s, its opulence long gone. You could pay four dollars and see as many movies as you wanted. There were tw…
Rasheed Newson
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#BookSky What a thrill it was to go on @nbcwashington.com and talk about "There's Only One Sin in Hollywood" with Jummy Olabanji! (Many thanks to producer Justin Stewart for making it all happen.)

nbcwashington.com‘There's Only One Sin in Hollywood': Novel explores Black, queer life in Golden AgeNovelist Rasheed Newson, a Georgetown grad, talks about his latest book, a work of historical fiction about Black, queer Hollywood in the Golden Age. “There have been queer people of color in that bus...
Rasheed Newson
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#BookSky Hollywood glamour, queer history, Black icons, and cutthroat politics collide in my new novel, “There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood,” which I will be discussing and singing @whiteoakbooks.bsky.social in Vancouver, WA on Monday, June 29 at 6:30pm. whiteoakbooks.net/event/2026-0...

whiteoakbooks.netAuthor Event: Rasheed NewsonWhite Oak Books is an all-inclusive, woman-owned bookstore located in Vancouver's Uptown Village. The store opened in November 2023 and is owned by Sara Smith-Glavin and Peter Glavin. White Oak Books ...
Rasheed Newson
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The incomparable @spiroskentzos.bsky.social interviewed me about writing across mediums, and you can read our candid and lively conversation @literaryhub.bsky.social

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TV writer and novelist @rasheed.bsky.social talks to Spiro Skentos about the differences between writing for the page and the screen.

buff.lySave It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the PageTo examine the increasing similarities between television storytelling and literary fiction—particularly their shared emphasis on complex characters and challenging themes—I recently spoke with Ras…