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Katha Pollitt

Author of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights

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Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (2003) — Contributor — 765 copies
The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Contributor — 627 copies
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 388 copies
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Contributor — 370 copies
The Best American Essays 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 313 copies
Mary Olivier: A Life (1919) — Introduction, some editions — 238 copies
Poems from the Women's Movement (2009) — Contributor — 105 copies
The Best American Poetry 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 85 copies

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This isn't a book that aims to change the minds of people who are intractably opposed to abortion--as Pollitt herself says. It's a rallying cry to pro choice advocates and the confused, to remind us of what's really at stake--a woman's right to control her body and by extension her place in society. Instead of placing the baby at the center of the argument, Pollitt frames the argument where it should be: around women who make the choice, around the attempts to control women's bodies, sexuality, and economy.… (more)
 
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arosoff | 10 other reviews | Jul 11, 2021 |
feminist columns collected from The Nation
 
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ritaer | 1 other review | Jul 9, 2021 |
...dense, cluttered, heavy, internalized, atrophied, ponderous, removed, distant, self-absorbed...,
 
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larryking1 | 3 other reviews | Jun 26, 2019 |
I have yet to hear sensical "pro-life" refutation of the arguements presented here. Oh, right. That's because they don't exist.
 
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LISandKL | 10 other reviews | Dec 29, 2018 |

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