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Grace Talusan Discusses "The Body Papers" at the Needham Free Public Library

  • Needham Free Public Library 1139 Highland Avenue Needham Heights, MA, 02494 United States (map)

Grace Talusan join the Diversity and Discussion Book Club at the Needham Free Public Library to discuss her acclaimed memoir The Body Papers, out in paperback on March 3.

When: Thursday, March 12, 7:30 PM

Where: Needham Free Public Library (Needham, MA)

Grace Talusan was born in the Philippines and raised in New England. A graduate of Tufts University and the MFA Program in Writing at UC Irvine, she is the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines and an Artist Fellowship Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Talusan teaches at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts and is a longtime member of GrubStreet. She is the Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University. The Body Papers, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, is her first book.

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