The Postpartum Body Variety Show

Join Maine authors Ruth E. Macy and Courtney Naliboff for a playful and invigorating evening celebrating their new book, Your Postpartum Body: The Complete Guide to Healing After Pregnancy (Penguin, 2024) — written and designed for postpartum folks of any age!

The Postpartum Body Variety Show will feature games, movement, music from Draudiga (the musical alias of artist Rebecca Theresa Burgess) and a discussion with the authors facilitated by Maine writer Hannah Matthews (You or Someone You Love: Reflections From an Abortion Doula).

Grab an advance ticket + book package and get $7 off the cover price of Your Postpartum Body.

Ruth E. Macy (she/her) is a pelvic floor physical therapist with seventeen years of experience in the field. She is passionate about working with people to achieve their desired health outcomes, removing bias and exclusion in healthcare, and delivering a compassionate patient-centered approach that eliminates shame and blame in the ownership of the human body. When she’s not at work, she enjoys smashing the patriarchy, paddleboarding, spoiling her dog, and winning at board games with her family.

Courtney Naliboff (she/her) is a teacher, writer, musician, volunteer EMT, parent, and swimming enthusiast who lives on North Haven, a tiny unbridged island off of Maine’s Midcoast, with her husband and daughter. She is a longtime reporter and columnist for the Working Waterfront and has written about Jewish parenting in small-town Maine for kveller.com, heyalma.com, and the Bangor Daily News.

Hannah Matthews (she/her) is a writer, public library worker, abortion doula and funder, reproductive health care worker, and parent based in Maine. Her book YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE (Atria / Simon & Schuster, 2023) was named a finalist for the New England Book Award, a Kirkus starred title, and NPR Science Friday Best Science Book of Summer 2023, among other awards. Her writing has appeared in TIME, Esquire, ELLE, Vogue, McSweeney’s, Jezebel, The Guardian, Electric Literature, and other publications. She proudly serves on the Board of Directors of SAFE, Maine’s abortion fund. 

Draudiga is the alias of Maine psych-folk musician Rebecca Theresa Burgess (she/her), formerly known as Reesa Wood. Marked by ethereal pixie-like vocals and fingerstyle guitar, Draudiga’s songs draw upon her inner and outer landscapes. Magic is everywhere, both inside and outside the animal body, and her songs delve in and out of the folk tales we carry through generations. 

​Collaborators have included guitarist Caleb Aaron Coulthard (Cryin’ Caleb Aaron, Tarantula Brothers, The Coalsack in Crux), upright bassist David Yearwood (Foret Endormie, Hex Kitten), bassist Alex Merrill (Lemon Pitch, Heaven’s Cameras), and Greg Murphy (Seekonk). ​Draudiga is currently performing as a solo act. ​When she’s not making music, Rebecca creates visual art and teaches in the art department at the University of New England. She lives in South Portland with her husband, son, and two dogs.