Bushra Rehman

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Bushra Rehman
Born New York City, US
LanguageEnglish
Genre contemporary
Years active2018–present
Website
bushrarehman.com

Bushra Rehman is a Pakistani-American novelist best known for her Lambda Literary Award-nominated [1] novel Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion and short story Corona. [2]

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Early life

A follower of Islam, Rehman grew up in Corona, [3] Queens close to one of the first Sunni masjids in NYC. [2] She says the first book that made an impact on her is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. [4]

She originally began her writing career as a poet and has worked as a poetry teacher. [3]

Rehman identifies as queer. [3]

Selected works

In 2002, Rehma co-created the anthology Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism with Daisy Hernández, as a response to the hate crimes against people of color she and her co-creator witnessed in NYC post 9/11. [5]

Rehman's novel Roses in the Mouth, is loosely based on her own experience growing up in Corona, Queens in the 1980s and learning more about her own queer identity. [3] [4] Inspired by the strength of the friendships with other girls she had growing up, she set out writing Roses in the Mouth to celebrate those friendships. [5] Rehman says grief is an important theme in the novel. [5] The New Yorker named it one of the best books of 2022. [6] It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the category Bisexual Fiction. [1]

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