“Gunk,” a novel by Saba Sams, follows a woman through the trials and tenuous jobs of young adulthood. By Dwight Garner In “Whidbey,” three women reckon with the aftermath of sexual assault. By ...

The anonymous plaintiff in the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, she became a symbol for abortion rights, though she later changed her views. By Robert D. McFadden In “Reproductive Wrongs,” the classicist ...