Trisha Low Explained

Trisha Low
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Author
Alma Mater:	University of Pennsylvania New York University
Notableworks:	Socialist Realism
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]

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.

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]

Biblio

• The Compleat Purge (2013)
• Socialist Realism (2019)

Notes and References

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