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The Huffington Post has the scoop on Cancer Vixen, the brand-new book by New Yorker cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto. Here's an excerpt from the interview by Cynthia Kling:
CK: #11. How did you start doing the book?
MM: Lauren Brody of Glamour asked me to write about it. When the cartoons ran in Glamour, The New York Times wrote about it, and we sold the idea to Knopf. I had wanted to do it as a book, so I'd kept everything -- receipts, notes, Sketches, e-mails. My friends are now afraid to say anything to me, because they think I'll use it. (That's kind of a joke, but not really.)
CK: #12. While you were sick, did you play the cancer card?
MM: Oh yeah, to get out of stuff that I didn't want to go to. Friends would say, "It's ok under these circumstances, but if you continue to use it after you're better, we'll know you're full of shit."
CK: #13. Anything about having cancer that surprised you?
MM: I was coming from this whole da Silvano restaurant world, twenty-year-old blonds ricocheting off my husband and that made me feel really insecure. Then I realized that there was this great sisterhood of survivors out there who are really caring. It's ironic, but the worst situations bring out the best in people.
CK: #14. Did you have any secret weapons to help you through it?
MM: Lipgloss and shoes. It was more of a secret attitude. I just really believe that if I look better then I will feel better.
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Emdashes, founded in 2004, is written and drawn by Emily Gordon, Martin Schneider, Pollux, Jonathan Taylor, and Benjamin Chambers, as well as occasional guest contributors. All posts before October 2008 are by Emily Gordon.
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Other writing by Emily Gordon
- Reviews: theater writing (for Time Out Chicago)
- Profile: Valerie Casey, Designers Accord founder, is spearheading the design of sustainability (for SXSW World)
- Feature: Rea Irvin: visionary art director, bon vivant, New Yorker founding father (for Print)
- Slide show: the Coney Island Mermaid Parade (for NYCgo.com)
- Feature: Muslim immigration iconography in the Netherlands, and an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali (for Print)
- Review: King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game by Paul Hoffman (for Newsday)
- Homage: Celebrating lindy-hop legend Frankie Manning (for NYCgo.com)
- Inquiry: Does a New Republic redesign mean a change of tune? (for Print)
- Interview: James Surowiecki on what's next for the wisdom of crowds (for Assignment Zero)
- Interviews: four up-and-coming designers under 30 (for Print)
- Profile: novelist and dance critic Laura Jacobs (for Newsday)
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