Novel Excerpt: The Incubator

ABSTRACT

The following is an excerpt from Linda Schlossberg’s dystopic novel The Incubator. It is introduced by an essay contextualizing the novel in relation to contemporary discourses and anxieties about fetal rights, women’s rights, citizenship, and the body.

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¹ The Incubator is represented by Esmond Harmsworth, Aevitas Creative Management.

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Linda Schlossberg

Linda Schlossberg received her Ph.D. in English literature from Harvard University, where she now serves as Assistant Director of Studies for the Program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and teaches courses on gender, literature, and creative writing. Schlossberg was the recipient of a 2019 Somerville Arts Council/Massachusetts Cultural Council grant and the recipient of the Writer‘s Center 2016 Emerging Writer Fellowship. She is the author of the novel Life in Miniature (Kensington Books, 2010) and the co-editor of Passing: Identity and Interpretation in Sexuality, Race, and Religion (New York University Press, 2001).