October Mourning: a song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
Matthew Shepard was a gay college student who was lured out to the prairie
by two young men who brutally beat him, tied him to a fence and left him to
die. Using a variety of poetic forms and various perspectives including from
the fence, the victim and the perpetrators, Newman has created a book of
poetry that is powerful to read and works extremely well as a tool to
discuss important issues surrounding Shepard's tragic death. Excellent
forward, epilogue and explanation of the poetic forms used adds to the
reader's understanding and makes this an especially valuable book to use
with high school students.
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