A breast cancer diagnosis turns your world upside down, and yet, the rest of your life doesn’t stop. How do you manage diagnosis and treatment in the midst of caring for kids — or in the case of this episode’s novel, after your husband tells you he’s cheated on you? We’re joined by Katie Yee, author of “Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar,” and Mayo Clinic breast cancer expert Dr. Lida Mina, to explore how Katie’s book illuminates the emotional and medical realities of a breast cancer diagnosis.

This episode was made possible by generous support from Ken Stevens. 

We talked with:

• Katie Yee is a writer from Brooklyn. She has received fellowships from the Center for Fiction, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Kundiman. By day, she works at the Brooklyn Museum. By night, she writes, usually under the watch of her judgmental rescue dog, Ollie. Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar is her first novel.
• Lida Mina, M.D., is an associate professor of internal medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona  and chair of the Mayo Arizona Breast cancer and GYN disease working groups. Dr. Mina has more than 45 publications and has a special interest in developing new treatment strategies for metastatic breast cancer.

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