Cancer’s Crisis Ordinary

“WHAT IS DIFFICULT is not impossible.” Anne Boyer both writes and proves this maxim in The Undying, her crystalline memoir of illness and the hard knowledge that illness provides. The Undying engages with art from Aelius Aristides to John Donne to Audre Lorde, within an account of the author’s triple-negative breast cancer and the scans […] The post Cancer’s Crisis Ordinary appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-11-04 20:00:59 UTC ]
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James Murdoch criticises father's news outlets for climate crisis denial

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Fox cited for ‘frustrating’ coverage of Australian bushfiresRupert Murdoch’s son has strongly criticised his family’s news outlets for downplaying the impact of the climate crisis, as bushfires continue to burn in Australia.James Murdoch and his wife, Kathryn,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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WI15: Writing in A Time of Crisis

How fiction and nonfiction writers have been affected by political turmoil in the U.S. and abroad. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Authors launch auction for Australian bushfire crisis

Authors including Joanna Harris and Richard Flanagan are raising money for firefighters battling bushfires in Australia by offering signed books, illustrations, experiences and writers' services in a Twitter auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tremain says Damehood is 'gleam of light' after cancer op

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Book People collapse plunges small publisher Galley Beggar into crisis

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From brutal surgeries to pink ribbons: A history of breast cancer

Survivor and journalist Kate Pickert chronicles the medical and cultural history of the disease. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-13 06:55:53 UTC ]
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Kate Figes dies from cancer, aged 62

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Ordinary Girls: Jaquira Díaz on Growing Up in Miami Beach

That winter, the year Boogie turned 14, we got it in our heads that we could run away, leave Miami Beach and never come back. For months, I’d spent every night lost in a book, read whatever the librarian put in my hands, which usually meant books written by white men, about white people, for […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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7 Ways Libraries Are Combatting the Opioid Crisis

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A strong-willed wife, her devoted husband and a losing battle with cancer

Michael Korda shares the strain of caring for a woman used to being in control — who no longer can be. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Mills & Boon partners with Asda for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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John Blake publishes breast cancer collection for Tickled Pink

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Arabic publishing is in crisis, the celebrated Palestinian poet and writer Mourid Barghouti told delegates at the International Publishers Association’s (IPA) first ever Middle East Seminar. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Bonnier triumphs in nine-way auction for 'defining' book on climate crisis

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‘The Undying,’ an Extraordinary and Furious New Memoir About Cancer

Anne Boyer’s book is partly about her own illness, and partly about the possibility — and necessity — of finding common cause in individual suffering. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Simon Reid-Henry argues that era’s political and economic woes reshaped societies. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Jhumpa Lahiri and Hari Kunzru Reflect on America’s Immigration Crisis

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Amazon Removes Books Promoting Bleach As Cure For Autism, Cancer

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