Bushra Rehman is a writer who has a unique background and a number of notable accomplishments. She was born in an ambulance flying through the streets of Brooklyn, according to her mother, which may explain certain aspects of her life. Rehman grew up in Corona, Queens, and became a vagabond poet who traveled for years with nothing more than a Greyhound ticket and a book bag full of poems.
Rehman is the author of the novel "Corona," which was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of its favorite novels about New York City. The novel is a poetic on-the-road adventure that explores what it is like to be South Asian in the United States. In addition to being a novelist, Rehman is also a poet. Her collection of poetry, "Marianna's Beauty Salon," has been described as a love poem for Muslim girls, Queens, and immigrants who are trying to make sense of their foreign home and survive in a new culture.
Rehman is also the co-editor of "Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism," a seminal text on race and feminism. She is currently working on her next novel, "Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion," which is set to be released by Flatiron Books in December. The novel centers around the idea of friendship and queer desire among young Muslim women. Rehman's writing has been well-received and she is considered to be a talented and insightful author.