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Spawning Season
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Joe Osmundson’s Spawning Season narrates his personal and emotional quest to become a parent as a queer man and scientist, examining contemporary family-making.
The memoir situates private longing within broader conversations about reproductive technology, gender, and the social structures that shape family life.
Osmundson brings scientific training to bear in reflecting on the biological, legal, and cultural aspects of parenting.
The book underscores how scientists' lives extend beyond research, influencing perspectives brought into their work.
It is both an intimate family story and a commentary on changing definitions of kinship in the twenty-first century.
The memoir situates private longing within broader conversations about reproductive technology, gender, and the social structures that shape family life.
Osmundson brings scientific training to bear in reflecting on the biological, legal, and cultural aspects of parenting.
The book underscores how scientists' lives extend beyond research, influencing perspectives brought into their work.
It is both an intimate family story and a commentary on changing definitions of kinship in the twenty-first century.
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