Even as a fourth-generation Jewish Texan, S.L. Wisenberg always felt the ghost of Europe dogging her steps, making her feel uneasy in her body and in the world. In the The Wandering Womb, winner of the 2022 Juniper Prize in nonfiction, Wisenberg combs through history books and family records in her search for home and meaning. Her travels take her from Selma, Alabama, where her Eastern European Jewish ancestors once settled, to Vienna, where she tours Freud's home and figures out what women really want, and she visits Auschwitz, which—disappointingly— leaves no emotional mark. Join Pearlstein/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture director Ashley Walters for her conversation with S.L. Wisenberg.

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