Susan Tifft

摘要

When Susan Tifft, who died April 1 at 59, was diagnosed with uterine cancer, doctors gave her a year to live; she lasted nearly three, and her "cancer chick" journal was a tale of toughness, insight and grace-the qualities she brought to whatever she did. Tifft launched her career as a speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, later worked as a journalist for TIME and ended up as a professor at Duke, but she was a teacher throughout.