Multi-genre
December 6-7, 2025
Tiered Tuition
$150-$400 Reserve My Spot
December 6th & 7th at 11am-1pm (Eastern)
Writing from life can be a tricky business. There are people to protect, faulty memories of events, and the pitfalls of self-censorship and self-aggrandizement. This workshop recognizes our lives are too rich not to write about, and our imaginations are too strong to ignore. In this class, we will discuss literary elements such as character, dialogue, setting, fragmented narrative and story arc. We will write by drawing on memory and its gaps and the truth and lies of our lives.
Bushra Rehman’s 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 Post, Los Angeles Times, among others. Rehman is co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism and author of the poetry collection Marianna’s Beauty Salon and the novel Corona, chosen by the NY Public Library as one of its favorite books about NYC. She received the Queens Public Library award in 2024. Rehman has led writing workshops for Poet’s House, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
