By Jenny Diski, from her Twitter feed. Diski, a contributor to Harper’s Magazine, was the author of ten novels and eight works of non-fiction, including In Gratitude, a memoir about her cancer that was published by Bloomsbury in April. “The Poet” is Diski’s husband, Ian Patterson. Diski died on April 28.
I’ve been told to explain that I’m not imminently dying. Anything from three months to a year and a half. I’m in a hospice because they are places to get how to live sorted out and give respite to carers and to sick people a break. So there it…
