Department of English

Grace Talusan

Fannie Hurst Writer in Residence

Pronouns: She/her/hers
gracetalusan.com

Selected Publications

Book

• The Body Papers, Restless Books, April 2019.

Creative nonfiction

• "The Arm of Mercy," And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic, edited by Ilan Stavans, Restless Books 2020.
• "River of Grief," Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19, edited by Jennifer Haupt, Central Avenue Publishing 2020.
• "How to Cross the Street in Manila," Tufts Magazine, June 2016.
• My Father's Noose, Brevity 23, 2007.

Fiction

• "1984," VIDA Review, July 2020.
• "The Book of Life and Death," Tufts Magazine, Summer 2007.

Awards

• Grant from United States Artists [USA], 2022
• Recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Award in Prose, 2022
• Brother Thomas Fellow, 2021
• Winner, Nonfiction Award, 20th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards
• Winner, 10th Annual One City One Story Author, Boston Book Festival
• Winner, Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing for Nonfiction
• Fulbright Senior Scholar, Philippine American Educational Foundation
Dorothy O’Connor Award, Women’s National Book Association
• Winner, Ivy Terasaka Short Story Competition, Our Own Voice
• Artist Grant in Fiction Writing, Massachusetts Cultural Council

Selected Video Clips

• Coming to America, Suitcase Stories Part 1, Stories from the Stage Season 7, The World Channel
• First Year Reads, Johnson and Wales University
• Discussion on Motherhood @CSPAN

Selected Courses 

• Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction (Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
• Introduction to Fiction (Spring 2020, Fall 2020)