An Evening of Live Storytelling

Woman with red and pink hair floating in a pool on a multicolored float ring, with the word 'WILDFIRE' in large letters above her and the word 'Thriving' below, along with publication details for August/September 2026.

Join Wildfire’s April Stearns and guest editor & Founder of Rethink Breast Cancer, MJ DeCoteau, live on the Zoom stage, where the writers of the “Thriving” issue will bring their stories to life; memoir in the writers’ own voices!

Sunday, September 27, 2026

7 pm EST/4 pm PST(2 hours)

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Thriving after a breast cancer diagnosis, it turns out, looks nothing like what anyone promised. But what it does look like is saying: I'm well enough.

Thriving is a collection of essays and poetry from writers at every stage, in every season of the young breast cancer experience. Not one of them has arrived anywhere yet all of them are fully, stubbornly here.

Be sure to grab your own copy of the issue to follow along!

Our Hosts & Readers

  • Dana Donofree headshot

    MJ DeCoteau

    Event Co-Host

    Issue Guest Editor

  • April Stearns headshot

    April Stearns

    Event Co-Host

    Editor-in-Chief

  • Lauren Izzo

    Reading “At the Rail”

  • Erin Perkins

    Reading “Daniel Tiger and Cancerland”

  • Jessica Doig

    Reading “My Messy Life”

  • Mia Purdy

    Reading “Reclaiming the Canvas”

  • Close-up of a smiling woman with pink hair, wearing glasses and a floral top with a white lace bib, outside on a porch.

    Diandra Denier-Fields

    Reading “Leaving the Waiting Room”

  • Alexa Meyer

    Reading “Later is a Dangerous Place”

  • Naomi Zittell

    Reading “The Gift of Noticing”

We hope to see you there!

Underwriter Support of this Issue and Live Event by:

After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) | AnaOno | iRise Above Foundation | Liv & Let / Giv Shoppe | Rethink Breast Cancer

Click here to learn more about our underwriters.