Lesléa Newman shares her experiences of the heinous 1998 murder of University of Wyoming college student Matthew Shephard, a gay young man. She reads her poetry from October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shephard. Q&A follows.

OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD. Copyright © 2012 by Lesléa Newman. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.

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