Hasanthika Sirisena work has been anthologized in This is the Place (Seal Press, 2017), in Every Day People: The Color of Life (Atria Books, 2018), and twice named a notable story by Best American Short Stories. They have received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo and are a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award recipient. They are currently faculty at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and Susquehanna University and a member of the editorial board at Great Circle Books, an imprint of University of North Carolina Press. Their short story collection, The Other One, (The University Massachusetts Press) won the Juniper Prize and was released in 2016. Their essay collection Dark Tourist (Mad Creek Books, 2022) won the Gournay Prize and is a finalist for a 2022 Lambda Literary Award.
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WritingProfessors Hasanthika Sirisena and Gila Ashtor '20 Named Finalists for Lambda Literary Awards
Lambda Literary recently announced the 2022 finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards. Assistant Professor?Hasanthika Sirisena?was named a finalist in the category Bisexual Nonfiction for?Dark Tourist?(Mad Creek Books, 2021). Assistant Professor and alumna?Gila Ashtor?'20 was named a finalist in the category LGBTQ Studies for?Homo Psyche?(Fordham University Press, 2021).?
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