The Collection

side by side series of the covers of The Collection, The Iliac Crest, and Breasts and Eggs

Gender and the Body in Breasts and Eggs, The Collection, and The Iliac Crest

Around the world, woman novelists are refocusing narratives about desire, sex, and the body around their own experiences. Some of their stories explore society’s current hang-ups around women’s bodies, some paint a picture of a potential world full of guilt-free pleasure, and some explode the idea of gender determined by the body.