In After Birth, Ari, a doctoral student in women’s studies, struggles to finish her dissertation after a traumatic birth experience.
Away from my 11-month-old son for the first time since his birth, I recognized myself in Albert’s themes on pregnancy and motherhood, and recalled my own birth plan, along with memories of the difficulties that arose after my son’s arrival, which I didn’t anticipate.Ī searing depiction of postpartum alienation, After Birth is filled with a keen intelligence and wit that dismantles the culture and practices associated with contemporary motherhood. Elisa Albert’s piece on breastfeeding in public had just gone live at TIME Magazine when I saw her read from her novel After Birth at the Rensselaerville Library’s Festival of Writers this past August.
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