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Author Talk with Meredith Talusan

Be the Change Series

2021-06-23 18:30:00 2021-06-23 19:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Author Talk with Meredith Talusan Online Event -

Wednesday, June 23
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2021-06-23 18:30:00 2021-06-23 19:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Author Talk with Meredith Talusan Award winning journalist and author Meredith Talusan discusses her critically-acclaimed memoir book Fairest. Online Event -

Award winning journalist and author Meredith Talusan discusses her critically-acclaimed memoir book Fairest.

Fairest is a memoir about a precocious boy with albinism, a "sun child" from a rural Philippine village, who would grow up to become a woman in America.

Meredith Talusan (she/they) is an award-winning journalist and author who has written for The Guardian, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Nation, WIRED, SELF, and Condé Nast Traveler, among many other publications, and has contributed to several essay and fiction collections. She has received awards from GLAAD, The Society of Professional Journalists, and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. She is also the founding executive editor of them, Condé Nast’s LGBTQ+ digital platform, where she is currently contributing editor.

Read the book Fairest with your Glendale Library card.

 

The Be the Change series takes place in conjunction with such commemorations as Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Month, Black History Month, Armenian Genocide Remembrance, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and LGBTQ+ Pride. The series will also examine the one-year anniversary of the 2020 racial justice protests and 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The series will include virtual lectures, exhibits, and online programming from authors, curators, and historians.

The series is led by Glendale Library, Arts & Culture in partnership with the Southern California Library Cooperative and Outlook Newspapers. The series is sponsored by the City of Glendale Arts and Culture Commission, with funding from the City of Glendale Urban Art Fund.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Author Talk |

TAGS: | Pride Month | BetheChange | AuthorTalk |

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