It took a lot out of me when she took a bit out of me

It never ever ends. I had some spotting (not on my face) in late December and early January, and since that can be a sign of uterine or endo...

A votre santé?

Choose your poison. A new study of more than a million British women indicates that if you have one alcoholic drink a day, you're more l...

AWP

It started out in the '60s when there were just a handful or two or three creative writing programs in the country and the directors of ...

Lark & Owl

There are larks and owls and I've always been an owl but I try every so often to become a lark. I went to bed early last night and had a...

Intensity

My high school best friend J had breast cancer before I did. It was a very early stage (maybe zero?) but because cancer runs in her family, ...

Web Weirdness

I joined Facebook about two weeks ago, just in time to get in before the fifth anniversary of the network. I found this very bizarre notice ...

The Book

My kind editor at the U of Iowa Press FedExed me a copy of The Adventures of Cancer Bitch . I got it yesterday and brought it to Show and Te...

Older

I was talking on the phone to R today, and she told me about her hometown best friend who has a terrible blood disease. What is it? I asked....