[Banks struggles] to break with the established scripts, even linguistically ... Unfortunately, Banks never clarifies which of these many aspects of birth is central, and Natality is unwieldy as a result ... Natality asks long neglected questions but shies away from volunteering satisfying answers.
The author’s contribution isn’t providing new information about her subjects but rather illuminative, variable insights via her particular, occasionally amorphous lens ... The strongest sections concentrate on Arendt and Rich.
