Peter Davison conducted an interview with poet William Matthews for The Atlantic. In the excerpt below, Matthews describes how he came to write the poem “Dire Cure.” I was married to a woman who got a disastrous cancer. It took her over a year of treatment to know whether she was going to be able [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cancer survivor’
An Act of Witness
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged cancer survivor, caretaker, poet, william matthews on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fighting Cancer & Still Fabulous
Posted in Cancer, tagged cancer gift idea, cancer humor, cancer survivor, cancer t-shirt, gift cancer patient on November 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Shopping for an inexpensive gift for the afflicted loved one in your life? Consider these. Many colors and styles available. Most designs come in note cards, pins and coffee mugs as well as shirts. [Ed. note: I have no connection to the companies/organizations involved and receive no compensation for clicks or purchases.] More cancer/fabulous here. [...]
Write or Die
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged cancer survivor, poems, poetry, what's right about what's wrong on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Review of my book in The Kansas City Star. By someone I don’t know, I swear! (And there’s a review by someone else here.) Cover photo of Namibia Sand House by Richard Ehrlich. More photos here. This ghost town was built in the 1920s. Every day the winds continue to shape the sand within the [...]
Cancer Doesn’t Care
Posted in Cancer, tagged anger, bill maher, cancer survivor, crazy sexy cancer, kris carr on October 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s not fun to be a contrarian. You get accused of things. You get blamed for things. Last week on The Larry King Show, Bill Maher said that although he supports Obama, he has no problem with an “angry” McCain. I don’t mind an angry politician. I’ve often wondered why American people aren’t angrier. So [...]
Sherri, the Stereotype
Posted in Cancer, tagged cancer survivor, caregiver, goodbye for now, sherri eberhart on October 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When I started blogging a few months ago, I wasn’t sure what theme would emerge. But one day I tried out a tag cloud and the word cancer screamed in 48-point type. (I decided the tag-cloud widget was not for me.) My irresistible topic turned out to be the stereotypes that are laid on patients [...]
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