My Aunt’s Abortion, a series of poems and essays by Jane Rosenberg LaForge, details how an illegal abortion affected Jane’s family in the late 1960’s. It was published by BlazeVox [books].

You can order a copy of My Aunt’s Abortion directly from BlazeVox here or through online book sellers.

The collection includes poems that have appeared in Writing in a Woman’s Voice; Pomona Valley Review; Spotlong Review;The Loch Raven Review; The Mark Literary Review; and other publications.

My Aunt’s Abortion is based on an essay by Jane published in The Smart Set, an online journal of arts and culture published by the Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University. 

BlazeVOX, known for publishing experimental works of fiction, poetry, as well as literary criticism, has been operating since 1999. Founded as a student project at Daemen College in Amherst, N.Y., the press operates out of Buffalo, N.Y. It is best known for publishing experimental fiction and poetry, and has been lauded by critics for the strength, attractiveness and eclectic selection of its poetry collections. It has published Rachel Blau DuPlessis; Jennifer Dick; Noah Eli Gordon; Cris Mazza; Corey Mesler; Tomaž Šalamun; and Ann Waldman, among others. More information is available here.