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The Cancer Journals is a 1980 book of non-fiction by poet and activist Audre Lorde.It deals with her struggle with breast cancer and relates it to her strong advocacy and identity in certain social issues such as lesbian, civil rights, and feminist issues.
In 2018-2019 she was the Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellow at the University of Cambridge, [13] and in 2023 she was the Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University. [14] Her diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer has become the subject of her current work, examining the intersection of social class and medical care. [15]
How co-workers turned a joke into a bucket list moment for two nurses fighting breast cancer. Kristin Ledvina and Lauren Hollatz pose with coworkers who raised money for their trip of a lifetime.
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000 In 2000, Clifton published this book, which compiles four of her previous collections along with new poems. The book delves into Clifton's personal fight against breast cancer as well as involves itself with mythology, religion, and the legacy of slavery.
Those who have died are said to have lost their "battle with cancer", while the living are described as "fighting cancer". While the use of metaphors can help physicians explain cancer in a way that is understood by patients, it has been argued that words such as battle and fight are inappropriate, as they suggest that cancer can be defeated if ...
It is intended to evoke solidarity with women who currently have breast cancer. Breast cancer organizations use the pink ribbon to associate themselves with breast cancer, to promote breast cancer awareness, and to support fundraising. [4] Some breast cancer-related organizations, such as Pink Ribbon International, [5] use the pink ribbon as ...
Poems in the Waiting Room (PitWR) is a U.K.-based and registered arts in health charity. The main aim of the charity is to supply short collections of poems for patients in National Health Service General Practice waiting rooms to read while waiting to see their doctor. The aim is to promote poetry, and to make the paient's wait more pleasant ...
For Kelly Hu, the actress behind tough characters in action movies such as X2: X-Men United and The Scorpion King and TV's Arrow, portraying a breast cancer patient, in the upcoming Lifetime movie ...