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    A Year in Reading: Grace Talusan

    by Grace Talusan Dec 20, 2019 5 minutes

    In 2019, I published my first book, The Body Papers, and while visiting bookstores, book fairs, festivals, and colleges, I met other authors on the road accompanying their newly published books to panels and readings and salons. I bought their books and they bought mine. A book or three, even hardcovers, fit easily into my bag and I would drop them off at home in between trips. Because it was such a special treat to have so many Filipinx books available, I filled a suitcase of books from the Filipino American International Book Festival with authors such as Jose Antonio Vargas, Walter Ang, , , , , , , , , and dozens more. By then, I didn’t have any more space in my bookshelves so I stacked my souvenirs in the dining room.

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