Unlearning a White American Dream: On Meredith Talusan’s “Fairest”
Michael Valinsky reviews Meredith Talusan’s memoir, “Fairest,” about growing up trans and albino in the Philippines and the United States.
Michael Valinsky is a writer from Paris and New York. He received his BA in Poetics and Praxis at New York University. His work has been published in i-D Magazine, Hyperallergic, OUT Magazine, BOMB Magazine, NewNowNext.com, and Kirkus Reviews, among others. He is the author of .TXT, Zurich: 89plus/LUMA Publications, 2014. Michael is the former editorial assistant at Kirkus Reviews. He currently works and lives in Los Angeles.
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