Gena Corea

Gena Corea is the author of three groundbreaking works on women's health and reproductive politics: "The Hidden Malpractice," "The Mother Machine," and "The Invisible Epidemic: The Story of Women and AIDS." Her books have been translated into multiple languages and praised by The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Library Journal. A journalist, activist, and feminist pioneer, she spoke on six continents and organized internationally on behalf of women's rights.

For seventeen years Corea volunteered in a Massachusetts men's prison, teaching the inner growth practice of Focusing and facilitating an annual Thanksgiving ritual called Table in the Clearing, the practice at the heart of her memoir. "Table in the Clearing: A Memoir of Sacred Jailbreaks" is her final book.