Dirty River

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Dirty River
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Author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Publisher Arsenal Pulp Press
Publication date
2016
ISBN 978-1-55152-600-3

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home is a 2016 autobiographical book by Canadian-American writer and activist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 2016, Dirty River was a finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction and Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography. [6] [7] It was also included in the top 10 for the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow Project Book List. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "'Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home' by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha". Lambda Literary . November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ Valelly, Jonathan (January 12, 2016). "Dirty River". Broken Pencil . 70.
  3. ↑ Storti, Anna M. Moncada (June 26, 2021), "Abuse and/as disability in Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's Dirty River" , Disability Representation in Film, TV, and Print Media, London: Routledge, pp. 216–234, doi:10.4324/9781003035114-12, ISBN   978-1-003-03511-4 , retrieved November 27, 2024
  4. ↑ Melanie (January 5, 2016). "Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's "Dirty River"". Autostraddle . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ Bhandari, Aparita (October 24, 2016). "Aparita Bhandari on a memoir that highlights a diverse queer voice". CBC Radio . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted". Out Magazine. March 8, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Over the Rainbow Project book list | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. Retrieved January 19, 2022.


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