Newson, Rasheed

Summary: "A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story, following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s NYC, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and Bel-Air Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, Earl 'Trey' Singleton III leaves his overbearing parents and their expectations behind by running away to New York City with only a few...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEW

El Rashidi, Yasmine

Summary: "A young Egyptian woman chronicles her personal and political coming of age in this debut novel. Cairo, 1984. A blisteringly hot summer. A young girl in a sprawling family house. Her days pass quietly: listening to a mother's phone conversations, looking at the Nile from a bedroom window, watching the three state-sanctioned TV stations with the volume off, daydreaming about other lives....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELR

Rash, Ron

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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 2006

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAS

Summary: Set in a rural community heavy with a dark past and dangerous present, the film follows a rebellious young man, Travis, as he struggles to decide between the dark path he is on and the chance at a new life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOR