Dirty River

{{Short description|2016 book by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha}}

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{{Infobox book

| author = Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

| isbn = 978-1-55152-600-3

| pub_date = 2016

| publisher = Arsenal Pulp Press

}}

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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-11-15 |title='Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home' by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2015/11/dirty-river-a-queer-femme-of-color-dreaming-her-way-home-by-leah-lakshmi-piepzna-samarasinha/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Valelly |first=Jonathan |date=2016-01-12 |title=Dirty River |url=https://brokenpencil.com/news/book-review-dirty-river/ |journal=Broken Pencil |volume=70 |via=}}{{Citation |last=Storti |first=Anna M. Moncada |title=Abuse and/as disability in Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's Dirty River |date=2021-06-26 |work=Disability Representation in Film, TV, and Print Media |pages=216–234 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003035114/chapters/10.4324/9781003035114-12 |access-date=2024-11-27 |place=London |publisher=Routledge |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781003035114-12 |isbn=978-1-003-03511-4}}{{Cite web |last=Melanie |date=2016-01-05 |title=Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's "Dirty River" |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/hidden-gems-of-queer-lit-leah-lakshmi-piepzna-samarasinhas-dirty-river-318358/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Autostraddle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Bhandari |first=Aparita |date=2016-10-24 |title=Aparita Bhandari on a memoir that highlights a diverse queer voice |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/marni-jackson-shari-lapena-jane-anna-mcgarrigle-1.3812571/aparita-bhandari-on-a-memoir-that-highlights-a-diverse-queer-voice-1.3812582 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=CBC Radio}}

In 2016, Dirty River was a finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction and Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography.{{Cite web |title=The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/judy-grahn-lesbian-nonfiction/ |access-date=2022-01-19 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-08 |title=Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted |url=http://www.out.com/art-books/2016/3/08/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-revealed-carrie-brownstein-hasan-namir-truman |access-date=2022-01-19 |website=Out Magazine |language=en}} It was also included in the top 10 for the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow Project Book List.{{Cite web |title=Over the Rainbow Project book list {{!}} Awards & Grants |url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/407/winners/2016 |access-date=2022-01-19 |website=American Library Association}}