Choice Words

Choice Words: Writers on Abortion gathers poems, short stories, and literary essays that engage with abortion and the ongoing fight to protect reproductive rights. The collection took two decades to assemble, and it draws on work from many eras and parts of the world.

The contributors include Audre Lorde, Margaret Atwood, Lucille Clifton, Amy Tan, Gloria Steinem, Ursula Le Guin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Joyce Carol Oates, Gloria Naylor, Dorothy Parker, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anne Sexton, Ntozake Shange, Sholeh Wolpe, Ai, Jean Rhys, Mahogany L. Browne, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Frank O'Hara, Vi Khi Nao, Sharon Olds, Judith Arcana, Alice Walker, Molly Peacock, Carol Muske-Dukes, Mo Yan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Kathy Acker, Langston Hughes, and Sharon Doubiago.

Beyond these names, the anthology includes many other classic and contemporary writers, with voices from Canada, France, China, India, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, and Pakistan.