Bushra Rehman
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| Born | New York City, US |
| Language | English |
| Genre | contemporary |
| Years active | 2018–present |
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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]
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Anthologies:
- Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Seal Press, 2002)
- Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion (Flatiron, 2022)
- Marianna's Beauty Salon (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018)
- Corona (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lewis, LeKesha (2023-03-20). "Announcing the 35th Annual Lammy Awards Finalists". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ a b "Bushra Rehman". APL. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ a b c d "Bushra Rehman". www.arts.gov. 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ a b "The Book Pages Q&A: Bushra Rehman shares her favorite books, fairy-tale curses". Orange County Register. 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ a b c ""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.
- ^ Yorker, The New (2023-01-16). "Briefly Noted". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
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