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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.
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]
Simply through purchases of "Boob Spelled Backwards is Boob" and donations to BoobProject.org, the Nelsons hope to raise at least $100,000 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Flynn underwent several methods of treatment to fight her cancer, including chemotherapy, a unilateral mastectomy and radiation. “You wear your disease outwardly, and that’s really hard ...
Vaughn lives in Bell Buckle, Tennessee and is frequently visited by people seeking mentorship, advice and conversations about poetry. Celebrity visitors include Bill Moyers and Maya Angelou. [4] In recent years, Vaughn has overcome both kidney and breast cancer [3]