About the Event

Sisters Grace and Mary Talusan, born in the Philippines, and Liza, born in the USA, grew up in America and seldom returned “home,” a word their migrant parents used interchangeably to mean Manila, where their clans lived. Despite the physical and temporal distances from their extended families and their ancestral lands, the sisters became scholars, professors, and authors whose work engages with the histories, cultures, and lived experiences of the Filipino diaspora. In this book talk and facilitated discussion, the sisters will introduce their research and books -- love letters to the home they moved from, but never truly left. Proceeds will support the educational programs of Filipinas Heritage Library.