Abortion Stories, 9780143138204
Paperback
Before Roe, women’s precarious lives demanded abortion stories be told.

Abortion Stories

american literature before roe v. wade

$37.37

  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    7 April 2025

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Summary

Voices Before Choice: Abortion Stories Before Roe

A one-of-a-kind, intersectional volume of abortion representation in American literature before Roe v. Wade that compellingly proclaims- when abortion is illegal, women’s lives are always more precarious and limited.

A Penguin Classic

One of Ms. Magazine’s Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025

Abortion Stories is the first volume of its kind to bring together a diverse coll…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143138204
ISBN-10:0143138200
Author:Karen Weingarten, Rebecca Traister, Renee Bracey Sherman
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:7 April 2025
Weight:181g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 17mm
About The Author

Karen Weingarten

Karen Weingarten (Editor) is Professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York. Her previous books are Abortion in the American Imagination- Before Life and Choice and Pregnancy Test.

Rebecca Traister (Foreword) is writer at large for New York magazine. She is the author of Good and Mad, All the Single Ladies, and the award-winning Big Girls Don’t Cry.

Renee Bracey Sherman (Afterword) is an abortion activist, writer, and founder and co-executive director of We Testify, an organization dedicated to the leadership and representation of people who have abortions.

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