The
Center for Research on Women presents: Woman: An
Intimate Geography with author and journalist Natalie
Angier
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March
15, 2000, New York, N.Y. –Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Natalie Angier
reads from and discusses her most recent
book, Woman: An Intimate Geography, on
Wednesday, April 5. In Woman, Angier, who
writes about biology for The New York
Times, has undertaken a landmark examination
of female physiology, drawing on science,
medicine, art, mythology, history and literature.
The
talk, originally slated for February, was
rescheduled after being postponed because
of illness.
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The
New York Times hailed Woman as "…dazzling…What
you’ll see through her eyes will startle and amaze
you." The Boston Globe said the book
is "intimate and idiosyncratic…dismantles the
misogynist mythologies once advanced as the scientific
gospel of the female body…Angier’s brilliant and
witty fantasia will inspire women to believe in
their powers." People selected Woman
as "The Book of the Week" and noted:
"Natalie Angier has that rare dual talent:
a true passion for science combined with a poet’s
linguistic flair. In this lively dissection of womanhood,
she places everything from estrogen to the politics
of motherhood beneath her flawlessly focused microscope,
offering innumerable tidbits both surprising and
fascinating."
In
her foreword, Angier writes, "The female body
has been abominably regarded over the centuries.
It has been made too much of or utterly ignored.
Many of the current stories of the innately feminine
are so impoverished, incomplete, and inaccurate,
so remarkably free of real proof, that they simply
do not ring true, not for me and not, I suspect,
for many other women . . . I believe that we can
learn from other species, and from our pasts, and
from our parts, which is why I wrote this book as
a kind of scientific fantasia of womanhood."
The
talk is part of the Helen Rogers Reid Lectureship,
a forum that honors distinguished women in public
life and the arts who have shown significant commitment
to improving the lives of all women. Angier is Barnard
graduate and currently a science writer for the
New York Times. She is also the author of
several other books, including widely acclaimed
Natural Obsessions and The Beauty of the
Beastly.
What: A
reading and discussion with Natalie Angier
When:
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
When:
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Where: Barnard
College, Julius S. Held Lecture Hall
For
more information call 212-854-2067
Contact:
Janet Jacobsen, The Center of Research on Women,
212-854-2067;
Petra Tuomi, Associate Director of Public Affairs
212-854-7907
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