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East Stroudsburg University&rsquo;s English Department and the College of Arts and Sciences will sponsor the University&rsquo;s first &ldquo;Writers Write/Writers Chat&rdquo; virtual literary reading event with memoirist Grace Talusan, author of The Body Papers, on Monday, November 16 at 4 p.m.
				The event is open to the general public at no cost. Those interested in attending and participating in this initiative may do so by logging on to ZOOM at esu-online.zoom.us/j/99512965969. Attendees are asked to please log in with their full name.
				According to her website, Grace Talusan was born in the Philippines and raised in New England. A graduate of Tufts University and the MFA program in writing at UC Irvine, she was the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines and an Artist Fellowship Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Talusan is currently the Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University. Her first book, The Body Papers, is a New York Times Editor&rsquo;s Choice selection, a Foreword INDIES Finalist and winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.
				&ldquo;This is the first event in the &lsquo;Writers Write/Writers Chat&rsquo; series, which is intended to inspire those interested in the writing life as an aspect of their professional goals,&rdquo; said Dr. Artress Bethany White, associate professor of English. &ldquo;This particular event also has broad appeal for those interested in topics that include creative writing, diversity, gender, immigration, trauma and the female body.&rdquo;
				For more information about this event or the &ldquo;Writers Write/Writers Chat&rdquo; series, please contact Dr. White at awhite43@esu.edu

East Stroudsburg University to host virtual literary event