Meredith Talusan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Meredith Talusan is a journalist and author. journalist to memoirist to fictionist; 2023 Creative Capital Award, MacDowell Fellowship, and Pushcart nomination π; trans/π΅π; booking: @Shipman_Agency

Listening in the Dark: Women Reclaiming the Power of Intuition
Amber Tamblyn
Ecstatic to celebrate @ambertamblyn & co's LISTENING IN THE DARK last night though also cackling at the assignment being "silly face" and @RonanFarrow being like "smizing." Seriously grab the book; willing to bet you'll be as obsessed with it as I am: https://t.co/vGnp5KG5r7 https://t.co/ElzvrGPQo8
Hardcover, 2022
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Swimming Back to Trout River
Linda Rui Feng
The book I've been so obsessed with this AAPI History Month is Swimming Back to Trout River by Linda Rui Feng and have been waiting for it to be out so I have other folks to obsess with. Can everyone please read it so we can obsess together? https://t.co/KGuGyzU0RV https://t.co/LBZGTz5E0j
Paperback, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Waves
Katie Mitchell
Makes me want to write a retelling of Virginia Woolf's "The Waves" using different-colored M&M's. https://t.co/qKi0qg3Cai
Out of stock

Manywhere: Stories
Morgan Thomas
I met Morgan while teaching at a residency at @banffcentre in summer 2019 and was bowled over by their immense talent; so thrilled to be talking to them and celebrating MANYWHERE and that their editor is my beloved @jaxxonhoward πππ https://twitter.com/mcdbooks/status/1479532538741723139
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
Makes me want to write a retelling of Virginia Woolf's "The Waves" using different-colored M&M's. https://t.co/qKi0qg3Cai
Paperback, 2018
$10.63$5.32 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
Kit Heyam
A book that moves far beyond mere representation by managing to be both intellectually rigorous and exciting to read. It makes for a vital contribution to our understanding of gender variance and its place in social and political history, all around the world.
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Anonymous Sex
Hillary Jordan
Save the date: Feb 14 (!) at 6pm ET I'll be talking about ANONYMOUS SEX with @Hillary_Jordan, @cheryltan88, @JasonReynolds83; secrets will be revealed! πππ https://t.co/9J4QVOLkxH
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music During Us Colonization of the Philippines
Mary Talusan
My #Fridayreads is my wonderful cousin @MaryTalusan's Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during US Colonization of the Philippines. It's both fascinating and activating: https://t.co/E7VLOy4acw
Paperback, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bold: Bigger than Basketball: Memoir
Jones
@GarthGreenwell @randomhouse I've been gorging on dance memoirs so it'll be good to shift to another medium for a sec... highly recommend Bill T Jones's memoir Last Night on Earth if you haven't read it!
Paperback, 2018
$10.17$5.09 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bibliolepsy
Gina Apostol
Feeling like too much TV on my timeline and not enough books. Anyone wanna read recently-published books with me? I'm about to read @GinaApostol's "Bibliolepsy" if you wanna read together and we can discuss: https://bookshop.org/books/bibliolepsy/9781641292511
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book