Join Bushra Rehman, Chaitali Sen, and Saba Waheed to celebrate their major new works and talk about their journeys as writers, from first scribblings to finding community to building a writing practice to claiming one’s voice, getting published, and more.
Authors' books will be available for purchase at the event, courtesy of our bookstore partner, Dog Eared Books! The evening will consist of short readings, a panel discussion, and audience Q&A. This is an all-genders welcome event.
Health & Safety Notes: All attendees must be masked and show proof of vaccination at the door. We have KN95 masks available at the front desk.
About Bushra Rehman
Bushra Rehman’s first collection of fiction, Corona, a dark comedy about being Muslim American was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of its favorite novels about NYC. and her book of poetry, Marianna’s Beauty Salon was described by Joseph O. Legaspi as a “love poem for Muslim girls, Queens, and immigrants making sense of their foreign home--and surviving.” She co-edited the anthology Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, chosen as one of Ms. Magazine's "100 Best Non-fiction Books of All Time.” Her newest novel, Rose, Mouth, Lion about friendship and queer desire among young Pakistani-American women.
About Chaitali Sen
Chaitali Sen’s story collection A New Race of Men from Heaven was chosen by Danielle Evans as the winner of the Sarabande Books Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction. She is also the author of the novel The Pathless Sky, and her stories and essays have appeared in Catapult, Colorado Review, Ecotone, Electric Literature, LitHub, New England Review, and many other publications. She lives in Central Texas with her family.
About Saba Waheed
Saba Waheed’s work has appeared in Water~Stone Review (Fiction Prize winner), The Southeast Review (Pushcart-nominated), Bellingham Review, Lunch Ticket, and others. She was a Caldera 2020 Artist-in-Residence. She co-produces the podcast Re:Work and works as the research director at the UCLA Labor Center using research as a tool to elevate community stories.