An Evening of Live Storytelling
Join Wildfire’s April Stearns and guest editor & co-founder of Temple of Kinship, Alyssa Tsagong live on the Zoom stage, where the writers of the “MBC: Paradox” issue will bring their stories to life; memoir in the writers’ own voices! Scroll down to see the full reader line-up.
Sunday, November 23, 2025
7 pm EST/4 pm PST (2 hours)
RSVP to receive the free Zoom link by submitting the form below.
Or email us at emily@wildfirecommunity.org.
This popular and poignant event is a companion to our MBC: Paradox issue. Living with metastatic breast cancer often means living a contradiction - between unexpectedly joyful surprises and heartbreaking lessons. We asked our writers how they navigate these paradoxes in their own lives. You’ll find stories of holding hope and fear at once, and of how an MBC diagnosis can sharpen one’s perspective on what it truly means to live well today, even in the face of challenge. With the essays, poems, and gorgeous photographs that allow us to vicariously walk a day in their shoes.
Be sure to grab your own copy of the issue to follow along! Scroll down to see the night’s readers.
Meet The Night’s Featured Storytellers
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Alyssa Tsagong
Event Co-Host
Issue Guest Editor
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April Stearns
Event Co-Host
Editor-in-Chief
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Laurie Pomeranz
Reader
“Biopsies and Baristas”
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Lauren Huffmaster
Reader
“Uncomfortable”
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Francesca Olsen
Reader
“Witness”
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Esther Yumi Ko
Reader
“My Grandmother’s Grandchildren”
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Cheri Henderson
Reader
“Puzzle Pieces”
Underwriter Support of this Issue and Live Event by:
ABCD: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis; AnaOno; iRise Above Foundation; Project Life; Temple of Kinship; Triage Cancer; Young Breast Cancer Project; Young Survival Coalition.
We hope to see you there!
Sunday, November 23, 2025
7 pm EST/4 pm PST
RSVP using the form above for the Zoom link.