Barrie Jean Borich is the author of Body Geographic, winner of a Lambda Literary Award and an IPPY Gold Medal in Essay/Creative Nonfiction. Her previous book, My Lesbian Husband (Graywolf), won the ALA Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction. Borich is an associate professor at DePaul University in Chicago where she edits Slag Glass City, a digital journal of the urban essay arts.