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 is 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]

Bibliography

Anthologies:

References

  1. 1 2 Lewis, LeKesha (2023-03-20). "Announcing the 35th Annual Lammy Awards Finalists". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. 1 2 "Bushra Rehman". APL. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bushra Rehman". www.arts.gov. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  4. 1 2 "The Book Pages Q&A: Bushra Rehman shares her favorite books, fairy-tale curses". Orange County Register. 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  5. 1 2 3 ""We Made This Home." Three Homegrown Queens Authors on the Importance of Centering Marginalized Voices in the New York Novel". Literary Hub. 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  6. ↑ Yorker, The New (2023-01-16). "Briefly Noted". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2023-12-07.
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