Sudden Happy Ending!
Friends, it looks like I'll be guest hosting one of the city's funnest and best-loved reading series this Wednesday night, Amanda Stern's Happy Ending. Join me, and Amanda-in-absentia, as we welcome poet Jessy Randall, author of A Day in Boyland; Sarah Schulman, author, playwright, and co-director of the ACT UP Oral History Project; Matt Marinovich, author of Strange Skies which asks, "What kind of man would lie to his own wife about having cancer?"; with music by Brooklyn's Dave Doobinin. Featuring also: delicious drinks, singalongs,and mandatory risky behavior on the part of the readers! Not the host, though. The host gets to play it safe.
Weds., November 28
Happy Ending Bar
302 Broome Street between Forsyth and Eldridge, 212-334-9676
Doors open at 7, show starts at 8 pm sharply!
Free
Just buzzed about your evening at : http://metastaticlivercancer.org/2007-11-27-cancer-treatment/what-kind-of-man-would-lie-to-his-own-wife-about-having-cancer/
Posted by: Liver Cancer | Nov 26, 2007 at 10:47 PM
It's hard for cancer survivors to talk to people who don't have cancer. It took a long time for me to tell my wife. I also spent time on http://www.cancermatch.com ,CancerMatch, which was helpful in learning how to tell others about my cancer diagnosis
Posted by: WilliamCancerSurvivor | Nov 26, 2007 at 10:47 PM
Welcome, gentlemen, and thanks for your comments. I actually think the guy in Matt Marinovich's book is lying when he says he has cancer -- I think he's faking cancer -- which is a different situation than the one you describe, but a fascinating one nonetheless. Anyway, I'm wishing you the best of health.
Posted by: girlbomb | Nov 26, 2007 at 11:16 PM
On another note: people that suddenly saw father being sick with cancer tried to avoid him. So the taboo around cancer and people feeling very uncomfortable about it should be broken.
Much easier said than done though.
Posted by: Liver Cancer | Nov 27, 2007 at 12:16 AM
With the title of this post, I think you're going to get a whole new influx of erroneous google searches. Enjoy! (And congrats on the hosting gig!)
Posted by: jeff mac, manslations.com | Nov 27, 2007 at 08:04 AM
Another problem with being diagnosed with something like cancer is that you almost "become" the disease. Almost every time someone talks to you they want to know how you are. Not what you've been reading or watching on television like before. They just want to hear every detail of something that you are, eventually, tired of not only talking about but definitely tired of being identified with.
Of course, I haven't been diagnosed with cancer but I have my own condition that seems to now not only dictate my actions but dictate every conversation.
I've decided that this year I want my sudden happy ending now. Sorry. I've been waiting all year. It's really taking too long.
That and next year I want Janice to come down to GA to do some readings so I can share her with everyone!
Posted by: satia | Nov 27, 2007 at 08:47 AM