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Meredith Talusan: Artist, Author, and Journalist

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On Being a Trans Woman, and Giving Up Make Up
May 27, 2020
On Being a Trans Woman, and Giving Up Make Up
May 27, 2020

“Whether I grow my hair or cut it short, wear makeup every day or none at all, it would be an expression of the specific woman I am at that point in time.” —The New York Times

May 27, 2020
Unflinching Honesty: An Interview with Meredith Talusan
May 27, 2020
Unflinching Honesty: An Interview with Meredith Talusan
May 27, 2020

“Because the memoirist’s entire job is to expose inconvenient, difficult, tortured truths about themselves—otherwise one would just be left with a simple narrative in which the memoirist emerges as a character of virtue, and what does the reader get from that?” —The Paris Review

May 27, 2020
‘Would You Be My Kiss‑in Partner?’
May 27, 2020
‘Would You Be My Kiss‑in Partner?’
May 27, 2020

During a protest at Harvard, Josh Oppenheimer’s kiss shook me into the awareness that I was not quite a man. —Vulture / New York

May 27, 2020
'You Don't Look Trans' Isn't a Compliment
May 26, 2020
'You Don't Look Trans' Isn't a Compliment
May 26, 2020

"I came to understand that what I wanted was to be seen as my complete self — my gender, my race, my history — without being judged because of it." —Fairest excerpt at BuzzFeed News

May 26, 2020
Meredith Talusan On Her New Memoir
May 23, 2020
Meredith Talusan On Her New Memoir
May 23, 2020

“it was more important for me to know what possibilities are out there for me as a woman than to stay in a relationship in which I would never know what those possibilities are.” —Weekend Edition on NPR

May 23, 2020
The Cover of My Face
May 23, 2020
The Cover of My Face
May 23, 2020

An essay about why I asked for my face not to appear on the cover of Fairest, for Guernica.

May 23, 2020
44 LGBTQ Books That Are Changing the Literary Landscape in 2020
May 23, 2020
44 LGBTQ Books That Are Changing the Literary Landscape in 2020
May 23, 2020

“Talusan is one of the most stellar essayists writing today, and one of the very best at examining the many different meanings of transition.”—Michelle Hart, O: The Oprah Magazine

May 23, 2020
10 books to read in May
May 23, 2020
10 books to read in May
May 23, 2020

“In this ‘journey across gender,’ Talusan communicates the captivating story of what it means to be true to one’s self.” —Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post

May 23, 2020