Trisha Low

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Trisha Low
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
New York University
Notable worksSocialist Realism
Notable awards Believer Book Award
Lambda Literary Award

Trisha Low is an American author and poet.

Life and career

Low graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA and New York University with an MA [1] in Performance Studies. [2]

Contents

She contributed to the 2011 publication, Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing, edited by Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith. [3]

Her 2013 book, The Compleat Purge, examines how fantasy can impact perceptions including those of female identity. [1]

Her book Socialist Realism was published in 2019 and focuses on Low's early childhood and adulthood. It looks at themes such as home and identity and examines her relationships, family and politics. [4] It won the 2019 Believer Book Award in the nonfiction category [5] and the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction [6]

She has also written for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [7]

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References

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  2. "Trisha Low". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  3. "Experimental Confessionalism: The Personal Turn in American Post-conceptual Poetry". Cordite Poetry Review. July 31, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  4. "'Socialist Realism' Is a Compelling Story About Finding Home - VICE". www.vice.com. September 6, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  5. "The Believer Book Awards Go to Trisha Low and Deborah Landau by Harriet Staff". Poetry Foundation. December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  6. "Samra Habib among winners of 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". CBC.ca. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  7. "Trisha Low, Author". Open Space SFMOMA. Retrieved December 9, 2022.