A Poet’s Autobiography of Cancer
Posted May 31st, 2023
OncoLink Team
In the fall of 2022, my life was changed by a single phone call when I was diagnosed with stage II B-cell, non-specified, non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the lymphatic system. For me, a large tumor was growing in my left armpit. The tumor was damaging my ulnar nerve to the point […]
CancerLand Bookshelf : Loosen
Posted July 26th, 2021
Alysa Cummings
Author: Kyle PotvinISBN: 9781939449078 LoosenInformation: Hobblebush Books, 2021 $18.00 USOncolink Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/3) Flattered. That’s the best word to describe how I felt last week after I clicked on an email from OncoLink and read a forwarded invitation from Kyle Potvin to review her new book of poetry. Incredibly flattered actually, since I had only […]
CancerLand Bookshelf: The Cancer Poetry Project 2
Posted June 13th, 2013
Alysa Cummings
OncoLink book review by Alysa Cummings: The Cancer Poetry Project 2: More Poems by Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them.
CancerLand Bookshelf: Looking at Light: 100 Poems in 100 Days after cancer
Posted February 6th, 2013
Alysa Cummings
Somewhere in the middle of reading Looking at Light, a vivid moment from a cancer support group meeting plays back in my head, almost like a scene from a movie.