Memoir and Biography Week: Living with an Incurable Cancer Diagnosis

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jul 30, 2025

When he was 38, journalist Jonathan Gluck received a sudden diagnosis of a rare, incurable cancer. He was given 18 months to live. And yet, more than 20 years later, he is still here. Gluck discusses his new memoir about living with a terminal illness, An Exercise in Uncertainty: A Memoir of Illness and Hope.

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