Elisa Albert is the author of After Birth, one of the most acclaimed works of fiction of recent years. Her work has appeared in Tin House, The New York Times, Post Road, The Guardian, Gulf Coast, Commentary, Salon, Tablet, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Believer, The Rumpus, Time Magazine, on NPR, and in many anthologies. She is currently Visiting Writer at Bennington College.
Mentioned in This Episode:
- Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, by Adrienne Rich
- Dr. Marion Sims (wiki)
- American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (wiki)
- Riot grrrl (wiki)
- Bitch Magazine (wiki)
- For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women, by Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English
Elisa's Other Books
- Freud's Blind Spot: 23 Original Essays on Cherished, Estranged, Lost, Hurtful, Hopeful, Complicated Siblings
- The Book of Dahlia: A Novel
- How This Night Is Different: Stories
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