Grace Talusan

Grace Talusan was born in the Philippines and raised in New England. Her work as both a writer and teacher is interested in silences, ruptures, and connections. Her memoir, The Body Papers, won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing and the Massachusetts Book Award in Nonfiction. Her writing has been supported by the NEA, the Fulbright, US Artists, the Brother Thomas Fund, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and others. She teaches in the Nonfiction Writing Program at Brown University and lives outside of Boston.