Long before the health crisis began, in 2014, the writer Anne Boyer had a radical change in his life that affected him in every way: he was diagnosed Cancer triple negative breast, which seemed to be the beginning of the end for the single mother U.S.
But she faced adversity, as the author did catharsis in their texts, publishing on the blog of Poetry Foundation your experiences with this disease so aggressive, with the help of specialists in medicine went ahead and published in 2019 The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care, which in Mexico came under the seal of Sixth floor What to fall apart, a reflection on the disease in a capitalist world.
This material, which made her creditor to the Pulitzer from non-fiction the following year, it is reaching more women in the world, which seems important, mainly for those who may feel distressed, in depression or who are losing the battle against cancer.
“That was one of the reasons for writing a book like this, so that I hope the voice and the experience come to share it to the world, and not only the unique experiences that happened to me, but in a collective sense that we all share”, describes, in call with Indigo Report.
Thanks to her book and her essays on cancer, Anne Boyer has been able to meet people who have been in the same situation or have cared for sick people, from all latitudes; Recently, he was in person in Querétaro, at the HAY Festival, where he was able to talk about his work, despite the pandemic.
She, as a survivor of this abrasive disease, assures that one must also get ahead of the COVID-19even though the world is currently in a state of disease, both emotionally and physically.
“We have to recognize ourselves in the dark parts of life as well and in the difficulties, not only in the victories, although the pandemic I also recognize that it has been heavy for me, as well as for others and many that I know, but I believe that we are learning to change the world and we have to think of a planet that faces adversity “
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Boyer confesses that in these moments of confinement it has been a blocking to write, so coming to Mexico was rewarding for him to explore new emotions and places that hopefully inspire him to continue writing in the future.
Anne Boyer, disappointed in Joe Biden’s direction
Joe Biden came to the White House with a halo of radical change to what he did Donald Trump during his tenure; However, one of the biggest concerns regarding the new Democratic administration was what would happen to the hard-hit health sector, and Anne Boyer, like thousands of Americans, is disappointed with the public policy.
“I don’t understand what the administration of Biden, or what they can do right now, I am hoping that everything makes sense with their next steps, certainly Biden has surprised me by going more to the left than I had anticipated, “acknowledges the writer.
The poet from Topeka, Kansas, understands why her countrymen are reluctant to accept the vaccination and it is for the whole information out of control in the media American Union, she also confesses that she is intrigued about what will continue now with decisions that have to do with the climate change and the problems around COVID-19.
“It has been a nightmare, the communication of public health And that’s the kind of situation again that has roots that go back a long way. But my hope is that the changes will start to happen locally, that people will feel that getting the vaccine will give them a sense of community, ”he says.
Where is the #MeToo?
In 2017, the social movement to uncover sexual abuse at all levels towards the female gender had international repercussions, with the hashtag #MeToo, then evolved to Time’s Up (It’s about time, like its equivalent in Mexico), but little by little in the United States this call seems to have been fading. Boyer argues that this is a problem they have stopped make visible the media in your country.
“This is part of the American media, of this endless need for novelty in the cycle of newsThat happens, social problems have their emergence and then they forget about them, but this continues ”, comments Anne Boyer.
Sexual violence continues to persist, as it happened a few years ago, this has not changed, considers the author, because the fear of the complaint and the economic power, that exhibiting the reputation of people.
“It is something similar to intimate partner violence, people feel that they cannot leave, that they will be homeless, that they will lose their health insurance. There are slow solutions that can improve gender equality and the human dignity, and everything consists of keeping the voice and eyes open, and not letting ourselves fall into these media cycles that determine what society is like ”, says Anne Boyer.
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