Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is the author of two poetry collections published by TSAR Publications, LOVE CAKE (2011), winner of the Lambda Award, and BODYMAP (2015). Her poems have appeared in Prism International, SAMAR, Jaggery, glittertongue, AS: US, Locked Horn, Nepatlera, and 580 Split. She's also performed at NYU Pride Week, Carleton University, Ottawa, University of Toronto, and gave keynote performance at UC Riverside's TABLA conference of queer and trans students. She continues to tour and perform widely. In 2013, she was named one of the Autostraddle Alternative Hot Queer 105.