[New post] The Grieving Landscape

Longreads posted: "Heidi Hutner | Fulcrum Publishing | June 2020 | 16 minutes (4,305 words) We're delighted to bring you an excerpt by Heidi Hutner from the anthology Doom With A View: Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Edited by Kri" New post on Longreads The Grieving Landscape by Longreads Heidi Hutner | Fulcrum Publishing | June 2020 | 16 minutes (4,305 words) We're delighted to bring you an excerpt by Heidi Hutner from the anthology Doom With A View: Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Edited by Kristen Iverson, with E. Warren Perry and Shannon Perry, the anthology arrives from Fulcrum Publishing in August, 2020. * * * At thirty-five, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. One year before my diagnosis, my mother died from complications after heart surgery. At the time of her death, my mother had cancer — lymphoma. Five years prior to Mom's death, my father passed away from a brain tumor, a metastasis from the cancer melanoma. Two years after I had completed my chemotherapy treatment for cancer, I gave birth to Olivia. My miracle baby. Read more of this post Longreads | June 30, 2020 at 6:00 am | Tags: book excerpt, book excerpts, cancer, carcinogens, ecofeminism, environmental activism, environmental justice, excerpt, Fulcrum Publishing, health, Heidi Hutner, nuclear, Nuclear Testing, pollution | Categories: Books, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-ALK Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2020/06/30/the-grieving-landscape/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com