How to Plot an Abortion

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Expanding on her recent Winter Lecture, Clair Wills talks to Tom about the stories people tell about abortions – stories conditioned by tradition, coerced by the courts, compelled by politics and shared in solidarity. They discuss some of the radical reframings and reimaginings of abortion in art, literature and private life. Find further reading, including the lecture, on the episode page: lrb.me/clairwillspod Watch the lecture on YouTube: lrb.me/abortionplot Subscribe to Close Readings: lrb.me/closereadings

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