Draft:Dirty River
| 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
[edit]- ^ "'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.
- ^ Valelly, Jonathan (January 12, 2016). "Dirty River". Broken Pencil. 70.
- ^ 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
- ^ Melanie (January 5, 2016). "Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's "Dirty River"". Autostraddle. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ Bhandari, Aparita (October 24, 2016). "Aparita Bhandari on a memoir that highlights a diverse queer voice". CBC Radio. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction". The Publishing Triangle. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted". Out Magazine. March 8, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "Over the Rainbow Project book list | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. Retrieved January 19, 2022.