Beginning with Abortion

ALMOST NO CONTEMPORARY literary fiction recounts the experience of getting an abortion. Perhaps this is because it can seem politically suspect to write in a nuanced way about its difficulties; opponents of legal abortion are all too eager to turn any mention of these difficulties into evidence of “post-abortion trauma.” In anti-abortion narratives ranging from […] The post Beginning with Abortion appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-11-07 13:30:09 UTC ]
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Constable begins publicity blitz for Suchet memoir

Constable has begun a publicity blitz for David Suchet’s photo-memoir Behind the Lens – My Life, which it is billing as the must-have book for Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Unit sales of print books in the week ended Sept. 7, 2019, rose 0.9% over the comparable week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Where Are All the Memoirs About Abortion?

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Hearst Promotes Three Execs, Begins Search for Chief Business Officer | People on the Move

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Filming begins for BBC adaptation of Nicholls novel Us starring Hollander

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'Harry Potter: Wizards Unite' worldwide launch begins on June 21st

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Disney joins Netflix in pondering Georgia exit over abortion law

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Kickstarter Campaign for Book on Abortion Surpasses Goal

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