Being Open About Cancer: Interview with Barbara Reul, author of the open-licensed memoirs Perfect Timing and Right on Time

Authors

James Thibeault, Bentley University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

While surviving cancer is a difficult endeavor, writing a book about the whole experience and publishing it with an open license is an additional struggle. Barbara Reul, a full professor of musicology at Luther College, University of Regina in Canada, was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in 2020. After undergoing twenty-eight targeted radiation therapy treatments and six rounds of chemo (all of which also occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic), Reul is fortunately cancer-free and has written two memoirs, Perfect Timing (2021) and Right On Time (2023), which chronicle her treatment and battle with cancer.

Recommended Citation

Thibeault, James, 2024. Being Open About Cancer: Interview with Barbara Reul, author of the open-licensed memoirs Perfect Timing and Right on Time, Library Publications.