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Meredith Talusan is the author of the memoir Fairest, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, the Atlantic, LitHub, Guernica, Catapult, and many other publications. Meredith has also contributed to several books, most recently the fiction collection Anonymous Sex. Meredith lives in Baryville, New York and teaches in the MFA programs at Antioch College and Sarah Lawrence College.
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