October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. It’s a day to remember babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or death of a newborn. In the recently released book, Infertilities, A Curation personal narrative, poetry, and visual art tell stories of infertility and loss. It also honors the experiences of a diverse array of individuals living with infertility: any gender, any race, and any sexuality, the authors stress, “infertility does not discriminate.”

Maria Novotny is one of the editors of the curation. She joins host Douglas Haynes about the book and processive of healing and advocating through art.

Art from Infertilities can be seen from now until November 3rd at the North Shore Wellness Collective. Maria and co-editor Erika Meitner will be at A Room of One’s Own on November 6th. 

Maria Novotny is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and codirector of The ART of Infertility. Her research on infertility and reproductive justice has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Rhetoric of Health & Medicine, Rhetoric Review, and Technical Communication Quarterly. The ART of Infertility was the 2018 recipient of the Hope Award for Innovation given by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association for its work communicating patient experiences through arts programming. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

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