Humorist Annabelle Gurwitch faces stage 4 cancer, finds ‘unexpected joys’
From Fresh Air
Published 4/8/2026
In 2020, writer Annabelle Gurwitch went to urgent care for a COVID-19 test and learned she had stage 4 lung cancer. She writes about life as a "cancer slacker" in her memoir, ‘The End of My Life is Killing Me.’ The humorist spoke with Terry Gross about facing her mortality, divorce, and going on a…