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Hasanthika Sirisena

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Hasanthika Sirisena’s work has recently appeared in Electric Literature, Lithub, and The Georgia Review and has been named notable by Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays. Their short story collection, The Other One (The University Massachusetts Press), won the Juniper Prize and was released in 2016. Their essay collection Dark Tourist (Mad Creek Books, 2022) won the Gournay Prize and was a finalist for a 2022 Lambda Literary Award.

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