🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Bushra Rehman
Bushra is co-editor of the seminal text on feminism and race Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism and author of poetry Marianna’s Beauty Salon. “Corona” was picked by the NY Public Library as one of its favorite books about NYC. She finished college in San Francisco, returned to the New York area, and found organizations which served the interest of LGBTQ communities. She reconciled with her parents, and got her MFA at Brooklyn college, just because she wanted to teach. She already had a writer’s life, had a community, and it was a great writer’s life she was living. She had been writing “Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion” her entire life.
All Book Series by Bushra Rehman
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2022
C*nt: A Declaration of Independence
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1998 Anthology · Inga Muscio
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
Book 2 of 5 · published 2002
Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class
Book 3 of 5 · published 2004 Anthology · Dorothy Allison,Diane di Prima,Eileen Myles,Michelle Tea,Joy Castro,Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha,Dean Spade,Frances Varian,Silas Howard,Terry Ryan,Daisy Hernández,Sailor Holladay,Terri Griffith,Polyestra,Lis Goldschmidt,Tatiana de la Tierra,Shell Feijo,Colleen McKee,Wendy Thompson,Cassie Peterson,Tara Hardy,Liliana Hernández,Adassah M. Hill,Tina Fakhrid-Deen,Nikki Levine,María Rivera,Bee Lavender,Shana Kenney,Meliza Banales,Ida Acton,Siobhan Brooks,RickyLee
Valencia
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2025 Anthology · Michelle Tea
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Bushra Rehman?
Bushra is co-editor of the seminal text on feminism and race Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism and author of poetry Marianna’s Beauty Salon. “Corona” was picked by the NY Public Library as one of its favorite books about NYC. She finished college in San Francisco, returned to the New York area, and found organizations which served the interest of LGBTQ communities.
Which Bushra Rehman series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Live Girls series, the earliest of Bushra Rehman's multi-book series: it opens with C*nt: A Declaration of Independence (1998) and runs to 5 books across 1998–2025, ending with Valencia (2025).
How many books has Bushra Rehman written?
Bushra Rehman has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1998 and 2025. 5 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Live Girls series with 5 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Bushra Rehman's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Bushra Rehman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Live Girls (1998–2025, 5 books).
How are Bushra Rehman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Bushra Rehman's 7 books into 1 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Live Girls (5 books, 1998–2025).