Book HackThe UndyingBy Anne Boyer
In a Nutshell
Anne Boyer's 2019 book is a personal and poetic exploration of cancer, confronting modern ideas of mortality and sickness.
Favorite Quote
The history of illness is not the history of medicine – it is the history of the world – and the history of having a body could well be the history of what is done to most of us in the interest of the few.
Anne Boyer
Introduction
Modern discussions of cancer survivors focus on inspirational aspects like courage or overcoming the dangers of a terrifying disease.
But we are missing crucial parts of the story of cancer treatment: sexist and racist medical practices, and the impact of class in a profit-based medical system.
American poet and essayist Anne Boyer was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer at the age of 41.
In this 2019 account of her survival, Boyer discusses the phenomenon of pain and suffering, drawing from ancient writers and Romantic poets as well as her own harrowing experiences.
Winning numerous awards including the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, The Undying is an insightful meditation on the lived experience of cancer.
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