Katha Pollitt

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About the book: In this urgent, controversial book, Katha Pollitt reframes abortion as a common part of a woman's reproductive life, one that should be accepted as a moral right with positive social implications. In Pro, Pollitt takes on the personhood argument, reaffirms the priority of a woman's life and health, and discusses why terminating a pregnancy can be a force for good for women, families, and society. It is time, Pollitt argues, that we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers.

About the author: Polemicist, poet, feminist. Writer of the "Subject to Debate" column for The Nation. Author of books including Learning to Drive, The Mind-Body Problem, Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time, and Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. Tweets at @kathapollitt.

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Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights Katha Pollitt With an impressive body of poetry, essays, and criticism, feminist writer Katha Pollitt brings “a lively wit and considerable erudition” (Publishers Weekly) to a variety of political and social issues, including reproductive rights, racism, and poverty. Her poetry collection Antarctic Traveler won the National Book Critics Circle Award, she has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and her galvanizing essays in The Nation, The New Yorker, and other publications have garnered her much praise and many honors. Her new book makes an impassioned argument for a renewed commitment to the struggle for abortion rights. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a TICKETED event; $15 General Admission, $7 Students. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

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Katha Pollitt is an American feminist poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues, including abortion rights, racism, welfare reform, feminism, and poverty.

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