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Cheryl Burke (1972–2011), known professionally as Cheryl B, was an American journalist, spoken word poet, performance artist and playwright, associated with the East Village arts scene in New York City.〔("Remembering Cheryl B" ). Lambda Literary Foundation, June 19, 2011.〕 She is best known for her autobiographical book ''My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B'', which was published posthumously and was co-winner, with John Irving's novel ''In One Person'', of the 2013 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature.〔("A Silver Evening for the Lammies" ). ''Gay City News, June 5, 2013.〕 Born September 19, 1972,〔 Burke was born in Staten Island and raised in New Jersey.〔("‘My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B’ by Cheryl Burke" ). Lambda Literary Foundation, November 5, 2012.〕 She later moved to New York City, where she was a graduate of both New York University and The New School. During her lifetime, Burke was known for spoken word poetry performances at venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Café, Bowery Poetry Club, the National Arts Club, P.S. 122, and the St. Mark's Poetry Project.〔 Her work appeared in periodicals such as ''Ping Pong'', ''BUST'', ''KGB Bar Lit'', ''GO'' and ''Velvet Park'', and in anthologies such as ''Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution'' (Seal Press, 2007), ''Reactions 5'' (Pen & Inc, 2005), ''The Milk of Almonds: Italian-American Women Writers on Food & Culture'' (Feminist Press, 2002), ''The World in Us'' (St. Martins Press, 2000), ''Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache'' (Alyson Books, 2004) and ''His Hands, His Tools, His Sex, His Dress'' (Haworth Press, 2001).〔 She was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2010.〔 She maintained a blog, ''WTF Cancer Diaries'', to document her experiences with cancer treatment,〔 but died on June 18, 2011 due to complications from her treatment.〔 ''My Awesome Place'', her sole published book, was finalized for publication by a group of her friends and colleagues, including writer Sarah Schulman,〔 and was published by Topside Press in 2012. An out bisexual, she was survived by her partner Kelli Dunham,〔 who accepted the Lambda Literary Award for ''My Awesome Place'' on her behalf.〔 In addition to the Lambda Literary Award, ''My Awesome Place'' also won the Bi Writer Award at the Bi Writers Association's inaugural Bisexual Book Awards in 2013.〔("Bi Writers Association announces recipients of Bisexual Book Awards" ). GLAAD, June 6, 2013.〕 ==Works== *''My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B'' (2012, ISBN 978-0983242253) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheryl B」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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