About
Edna Bonhomme is a historian of science, a culture writer, and a book critic based in Berlin. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, Esquire, Frieze, The Guardian, The London Review of Books, and The Nation, among others. She is co-editor of After Sex, a collection of essays, poems, and short stories illuminating “why people need free and universal access to abortion – without apology” (Silver Press, 2023). Moreover, she’s the author of A History of the World in Six Plagues, a nonfiction book that explores the relationship between captivity and contagion (Simon and Schuster, 2024). Edna holds awards and fellowships from the Max Planck Institute for History of Science, the Ludwig Maximilian Universität, the Camargo Foundation, and the Baldwin for the Arts. Most recently, Edna received the 2023 Robert Silvers Foundation Grant for Works in Progress and the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing Grant. She holds a PhD in History of Science from Princeton University.
Featured Work
After Sex
Who decides what happens after sex? The last decade has seen arguments over women’s reproductive freedom reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s. After Sex provides personal and political perspectives from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, setting feminist classics alongside contemporary accounts and highlighting the experiences of women of colour and working-class women. This collection looks to the horizons of possibility and makes urgent connections between women’s equality and contraceptives, universal access to healthcare and free childcare. The writers pay special attention to people—both fictional and real—who have sought control over their sexual lives. After Sex is a literary journey with essays, poems, and short stories which illuminates why people need free and universal access to abortion—without apology.
Other Works
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A History of the World in Six Plagues
2025
