{"product_id":"abortion-stories-american-literature-before-roe-v-wade-paperback","title":"Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe V. Wade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Weingarten\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKaren Weingarten\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eRebecca Traister\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA one-of-a-kind, intersectional volume of abortion representation in American literature before \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e that compellingly proclaims: when abortion is illegal, women's lives are always more precarious and limited \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbortion Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis the first volume of its kind to bring together a diverse collection of writings on abortion published before 1973, when \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e legalized abortion in every American state. These stories, poems, essays, and memoirs reflect a range of representations and responses to abortion during this era, but when read together, they demonstrate how when abortion is illegal, women's lives are always more precarious and limited. In this volume, you will read stories that will elucidate and enrich a view of abortion as one element of human experience--woven into stories of love and death and medicine and motherhood and enslavement and emancipation. Featuring luminaries like Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edgar Allan Poe, Lucile Clifton, Eugene O' Neill, and Shirley Chisholm, as well as rare firsthand accounts of abortion providers and seekers, this reproductive justice-minded collection brings together diverse representations of abortion to show how access to abortion is often race and class dependent, and demonstrates how the repercussions of an illegal abortion also vary depending on such factors. The need and desire to have an abortion goes back centuries, and these literary representations of abortion before \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003e compellingly argue for the necessity of legal and accessible abortion. Edited and introduced by Karen Weingarten, \u003ci\u003eAbortion Stories\u003c\/i\u003e features a foreword by Rebecca Traister and an afterword by Renee Bracey Sherman.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Weingarten\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor) is Professor of English at Queens College, City University of New York. Her previous books are \u003ci\u003eAbortion in the American Imagination: Before Life and Choice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePregnancy Test. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Traister\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword) is writer at large for \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGood and Mad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll the Single Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e, and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eBig Girls Don't Cry\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRenee Bracey Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702142791987,"sku":"9780143138204","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VE-MGrq_Kr9780143138204.webp?v=1763294174","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/abortion-stories-american-literature-before-roe-v-wade-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}