Choice Words: Defending Abortion Rights with Poetry, Story, and Ritual

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with Annie Finch, award-winning feminist poet & editor of the landmark anthology Choice Words: Writers on Abortion (Haymarket)

FREEDoors at 7pmCelebrate reproductive freedom with Annie Finch, award-winning feminist poet &amp; editor of the landmark anthology Choice Words: Writers on Abortion (Haymarket Books). Finch will be joined by artists and activists sharing the inspiring words of Audre Lorde, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, and more. After Finch reads, the evening will close with an interactive abortion healing ritual for those who would like participate, healing and releasing the energies of abortions that have affected your life.A former resident of Portland, SPACE is pleased to welcome Finch back for an artist residency in September of 2023. Twenty years in the making, the collection of works Finch assembled for Choice Words spans continents and centuries, featuring essential voices that renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights. Finch has continued this work in her own writing, including a ritual verse drama on abortion and a new 2023 poem recently published by the Poetry Foundation.

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