Strangers’ Search for Meaning

Ilana Horn is an Associate Professor of mathematics education and was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. Like Xeni Jardin, she talks about her health plainly and without sugar coating anything. In this essay, she answers the oft- asked question,”Have you found life to be more meaningful now that you’re a survivor?” (No.)

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