The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writers Series is set to present award-winning writer Grace Talusan as the program’s fifth reader of the season.

Talusan will read from her work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 10, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center on South Street.

The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing with the author. Reservations are required, and guests must adhere to the university’s COVID  safe practices, including wearing a mask at all times while inside campus buildings and social distancing when possible.

Reservations can be made at forms.gle/UMVzhiFjS6eepdUv7.

Talusan’s memoir, “The Body Paper,” is an exploration of Talusan’s life as a Filipino immigrant, and a survivor of cancer and childhood abuse. “The Body Papers” is a Massachusetts Book Award winner in nonfiction and won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. It was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection.

Talusan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine. She is the Fannie Hurst Writer in Residence at Brandeis University.

“The Body Papers” is available for at the UMF University Bookstore and at Devany, Doak, and Garret Booksellers. The Visiting Writer Series is sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.

For more information, contact Amy Neswald, UMF professor of creative writing, at 207-778-8024 or amy.nesald@maine.edu.