About Bushra

Rehman’s latest novel Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, a modern classic about being Muslim and queer, was noted as a Best Book and Editor’s Choice by The New Yorker, The Washington PostLos Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Ms. Magazine among others. Rehman is co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, chosen by Ms. Magazine as one of the “100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time” and author of the poetry collection Marianna’s Beauty Salon described as “a love poem for Muslim girls, Queens, and immigrants making sense of their foreign home--and surviving.” Her first novel, the dark comedy Corona, was chosen by the NY Public Library as one of its favorite books about NYC. She’s founder of the community-based workshop ‘Two Truths and a Lie: Writing Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction.”

Contact

For interviews and media contacts, as well as book club visits and writing workshops email twotruthsclass@gmail.com or fill out the contact form!