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

Early life

Bushra Rehman grew up in Corona,

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close to one of the first

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masjids in NYC. She says the first book that made an impact on her is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She originally began her writing career as a poet and has worked as a poetry teacher. Rehman identifies as queer.

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. 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. Inspired by the strength of the friendships with other girls she had growng up, she set out writing Roses in the Mouth to celebrate those friendships. Rehman says grief is an important theme in the novel.

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named it one of the best books of 2022. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the category Bisexual Fiction.

Complete Bibliography

Anthologies: ''Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism'' (Seal Press, 2002) Novels: ''Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion'' (Flatiron, 2022) Poetry: Marianna's Beauty Salon (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018) Short stories ''Corona'' (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013)https://siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/corona-by-bushra-rehman

References

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