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Vagina Obscura

by Rachel E Gross

  • W W Norton & Company
  • 2022
  • ISBN: 978-1324006312
  • 307 pages
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Vagina Obscura
About the Book

Journalist Rachel E Gross takes readers on an anatomical odyssey to the center of a world where the uterus regrows itself, ovaries pump out fresh eggs, and the clitoris pulses beneath the surface like a shimmering pyramid of nerves. Full of wit and wonder, Vagina Obscura is a celebratory testament to how the landscape of knowledge can be rewritten to better serve everyone. ebook icon Audio book icon

Shortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and the PEN/E O Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | One of Five Books Best Literary Science Writing titles in 2023 | A New York Times Editors' Choice | A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer
Rachel E Gross
About the Author

Rachel E Gross is an award-winning science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. A former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and digital science editor of Smithsonian Magazine, she writes for BBC Future, the New York Times, and Scientific American.

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