Grace Talusan

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Grace Talusan is a Filipino American writer. Her 2019 memoir, The Body Papers, won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing and the Massachusetts Book Award in nonfiction, [1] and was a New York Times Editors' Choice selection. [2] [3] Her short story "The Book of Life and Death" was the Boston Book Festival's One City One Story selection in 2020.

Contents

Talusan was born in the Philippines, and during the 1970s, her parents came to Chicago from Manila, as her father, Totoy, finished his medical studies on a student visa, and then they settled in Boston, Massachusetts, when she was 2. [4] [5] Upon expiration of her father's student visa, the family, including Grace and her two brothers, all U.S.-born, were undocumented. [4] She graduated from Tufts University and holds an MFA from UC Irvine. [6] She was the Fannie Hurst Writer in Residence at Brandeis University [7] and is currently a lecturer in the Nonfiction Writing Program at Brown University. [8]

Reception

In a New York Times review, Jennifer Szalai wrote that The Body Papers "doesn’t track a one-way march to triumph from adversity; Talusan’s essays loop in on themselves, as she retrieves old memories and finds unexpected points of connection." [5]

Kirkus Reviews said of The Body Papers, "Moving and eloquent, Talusan’s book is a testament not only to one woman’s fierce will to live, but also to the healing power of speaking the unspeakable. A candidly courageous memoir." [9]

In a review in NYLON, Ilana Masad calls the memoir "stunning" and writes, "Grace Talusan is honest and elegant about some of life's most difficult moments." [10]

Works

Books

Anthologies

Short stories

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References

  1. ↑ Pfarrer, Steve (September 29, 2020). "Valley writers win honors in this year's Massachusetts Book Award competition". The Recorder . Archived from the original on December 22, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Meet Grace Talusan, Winner of the 2017 Prize for New Immigrant Writing". Restless Books. August 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  3. ↑ "11 New Books We Recommend This Week". The New York Times. 2019-04-26. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  4. 1 2 Wong, Wilson (2019-04-08). "Grace Talusan on Her Memoir, The Body Papers – Tufts Observer" . Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  5. 1 2 Szalai, Jennifer (2019-04-17). "Documenting Undocumented Lives in 'The Body Papers'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  6. ↑ "Grace Talusan". Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  7. ↑ "Grace Talusan". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  8. ↑ "Grace Talusan". English | Brown University. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  9. ↑ THE BODY PAPERS | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ↑ "'The Body Papers' Is A Stunning Memoir About Immigration, Family, And Trauma". Nylon. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2023-11-06.


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