Join us in conversation with Lamya H on their award winning memoir, Hijab Butch Blues.

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this "raw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectations" (Linah Mohammad, NPR).

"A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on power, justice, healing, and devotion from a singular voice I now trust with my whole heart."--Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed

AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK - WINNER: The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, the Stonewall Book Award, the Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Autostraddle, Book Riot, BookPage, Harper's Bazaar, Electric Lit, She Reads

Purchase the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir-lamya-h/18490165

Lamya H (she/they) is a former Lambda Literary and Queer | Arts Fellow whose memoir Hijab Butch Blues won the Brooklyn Library Book Prize and the 2024 Stonewall Prize for nonfiction. Their writing has appeared in Vice, Salon, Vox, Black Girl Dangerous, Autostraddle, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Lamya lives in New York, where she eats lots of desserts baked by her partner and plays board games with whomever can be corralled.