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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Choice Words : A Collection of Writing about Abortion
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'A cri de coeur and passionate appeal from writers, thinkers, musicians, actors, comedians, activists and political staffers, offering personal stories of abortion alongside historical record and political anecdote.

'At a time when abortion is a criminal act and prosecution is a real risk in parts of Australia, this book is needed more than ever. In 2018, the world watched aghast when a Tasmanian woman lost her job at a high-profile sporting agency for tweeting the truth: even in states where abortion is legal, access can be nearly impossible.

'This treasury of stories highlights the sheer, unspoken commonality of abortion. Women have been dealing with the risks and the fall-out for longer than there is record. It is poignant, wise, funny and true; a salute to those who have been working in the field, a celebration of how far we've come, an electrifying caterwaul at how far we still have to go, and a clarion call to action.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Contributors include Jane Caro, Claudia Karvan, Laura Jean, Melissa Lucashenko, Emily Maguire, Tara June Winch, Michelle Law, Tony Birch, Melanie Cheng, Anne Summers, Gideon Haigh, Monica Dux, Bri Lee, Jenny Kee, and a foreword by Tanya Plibersek.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Free and Relieved, Claudia Karvan , single work prose
Doctor Marshall, Shirley Barrett , single work prose
The Apple Isle, Angela Williamson , single work prose
Who Are the Abortion Providers, and What Does the Future Hold?, Caroline De Costa , single work prose
Out of the Shadows : Abortion in Queensland, Caroline De Costa , single work prose
Together We Are Powerful, Melissa Lucashenko , single work prose
Day of, Laura Jean , single work prose
I Dreamed I Lost My Reproductive Rights in My Maidenform Bra, Clem Bastow , single work prose
For the Long Haul, Meredith Burgmann , single work prose
Unwed Teen Mum Mary, Ellena Savage , single work prose
The Racket, Gideon Haigh , single work prose
A Slice of Life, 1965, Anne Summers , single work prose
Given the Options, Sarah Firth , single work prose
A Twitter Thread : Abortion, Unwanted Pregnancies and Irresponsible Ejaculation, Gabrielle Stanley Blair , single work prose
Snorkel, Brooke Davis , single work prose
Choosing, Michelle Law , single work prose
My Silent Scream, Monica Dux , single work prose
How Abortion Set Me Free, Catherine Deveny , single work prose
Still Dancing, Jess Scully , single work prose
In Conversation : Jenny Kee and Grace Heifetz, Louise Swinn (interviewer), single work interview

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2019 .
      image of person or book cover 3639036121260775097.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 376p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 2019.

      ISBN: 9781760875220

Works about this Work

Louise Swinn , Choice Words: A Collection of Writing About Abortion, Sydney Blair Williams , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 27 no. 2 2020; (p. 206-208)

— Review of Choice Words : A Collection of Writing about Abortion 2019 anthology prose autobiography
Compelling Body of Work Surrounding Termination Jane McCredie , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 April 2019; (p. 18)

— Review of Choice Words : A Collection of Writing about Abortion 2019 anthology prose autobiography

'“[A] woman’s ovaries belong to the commonwealth; she is simply their custodian,” American physician Ely van de Warker wrote in 1906.' (Introduction)

The Desperate, Secretive Drama Kate Cole-Adams , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 155 2019; (p. 53-54)

'The article offers information on Angela Williamson's essay in "Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion." Topics discussed include several writers who explore the ways in which, in the absence of any useful discussion of the topic at home or school, popular culture shaped their early attitudes towards abortion; and her story is visceral and angry, sad, intimate and at times darkly comic.' (Publication abstract)

Not. At. All. : A Grenade of a Book in a Lolly Wrapper Suzy Freeman-Greene , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 410 2019; (p. 20-21)

'Rosie Waterland was twenty-one, couch surfing, and working at a cinema when she learned she was pregnant. A hot flush, then a wave of nausea, hit her on the toilet. ‘It was the kind of nausea that takes away any sense of dignity that a person has,’ she writes. She stripped off, lay down on the bathroom floor, and prayed for the feeling to pass.'  (Introduction)

Compelling Body of Work Surrounding Termination Jane McCredie , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 April 2019; (p. 18)

— Review of Choice Words : A Collection of Writing about Abortion 2019 anthology prose autobiography

'“[A] woman’s ovaries belong to the commonwealth; she is simply their custodian,” American physician Ely van de Warker wrote in 1906.' (Introduction)

Louise Swinn , Choice Words: A Collection of Writing About Abortion, Sydney Blair Williams , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 27 no. 2 2020; (p. 206-208)

— Review of Choice Words : A Collection of Writing about Abortion 2019 anthology prose autobiography
Not. At. All. : A Grenade of a Book in a Lolly Wrapper Suzy Freeman-Greene , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 410 2019; (p. 20-21)

'Rosie Waterland was twenty-one, couch surfing, and working at a cinema when she learned she was pregnant. A hot flush, then a wave of nausea, hit her on the toilet. ‘It was the kind of nausea that takes away any sense of dignity that a person has,’ she writes. She stripped off, lay down on the bathroom floor, and prayed for the feeling to pass.'  (Introduction)

The Desperate, Secretive Drama Kate Cole-Adams , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 155 2019; (p. 53-54)

'The article offers information on Angela Williamson's essay in "Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion." Topics discussed include several writers who explore the ways in which, in the absence of any useful discussion of the topic at home or school, popular culture shaped their early attitudes towards abortion; and her story is visceral and angry, sad, intimate and at times darkly comic.' (Publication abstract)

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