Show Notes
Host Jason Blitman is joined by the most frequent Gays Reading guest, Rasheed Newson, to discuss his latest book, There's Only One Sin in Hollywood.
Conversation highlights include: š Stories that don't get their due in the history books š„ Rumors in Hollywood and how they continue today šŖHow the understanding of ourselves change as we get older
Rasheed Newson is the author of the national bestseller My Government Means to Kill Me, which was selected as a Lambda Literary finalist for Gay Fiction and was named one of the ā100 Notable Books of 2022ā by The New York Times. He is also a television drama writer, producer, and showrunner. He codeveloped Bel-Air and worked on The Chi, Animal Kingdom, and Narcos, among other drama series. Newson is a 2025ā26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow. He currently lives with his husband and their two children in Pasadena.
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