Multigenre
January 23-24, 2027
Tiered Tuition
$150-$400 Reserve My Spot
About the Offering
January 23rd to 24th from 11am to 2pm (Eastern Time)
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.
About the Instructor/Moderator
Bushra Rehman is a writer, teaching artists and cultural activist. Rehman’s latest novel Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion a coming-of-age story about growing up Muslim and queer in NYC was noted as a Best Book and Editor’s Choice by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NPR, and Ms. Magazine among others. Rehman co-edited Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism described by Ms. Magazine for its “100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time.” She is author of the collection of poetry Marianna’s Beauty Salon and the dark comedy Corona, which was chosen by the NY Public Library as one of its favorite books about NYC. She was awarded the Queens Public Library Award for contribution to literature on Queens.
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