Background
Burke was born orn September 19, 1972, in Staten Island, New York and raised in New Jersey.
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Cheryl B
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New York University; The New School.
Career
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 Saint Mark"s Poetry Project. Her work appeared in periodicals such as Ping Pong, BUST, Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) Bar Literature, 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 & Incorporated, 2005), The Milk of Almonds: Italian-American Women Writers on Food & Culture (Feminist Press, 2002), The World in Us (Street 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.
Achievements
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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. 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.
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United States
Awards
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Bisexual Book Awards; Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.