{"product_id":"9780143138204","title":"Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe v. Wade","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWeingarten, Karen; Weingarten, Karen; Traister, Rebecca; Bracey Sherman, Renee\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePenguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/4\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine’s\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art by Laura Peretti is an AI-AP American Illustration 45 Chosen Winner. Art Direction: Elizabeth Yaffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45994096197887,"sku":"9780143138204","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780143138204_s600x595.jpg?v=1779819577","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780143138204","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}