'Not Another Fucking Cancer Diary': Temporality and Commitment in the Literary Event of Cancer

'Not Another Fucking Cancer Diary': Temporality and Commitment in the Literary Event of CancerA re-print of a 2015 essay looking at temporality in illness memoirs written by existing public figures, specifically in the context of terminal diagnoses of cancer. The analysis is framed by Badiou's notion of 'The Event', and aims to contribute to the steadily growing field of autopathography studies.