The Thing About Cancer

Clinton Crockett Peters teaches creative writing at Berry College, the world’s largest college campus at 27,000 acres. He is the author of Pandora’s Garden (2018), finalist for the ASLE Book Award, and Mountain Madness (2021), both from the UGA Press. He’s published over 50 essays, included in Best American Essays 2020, Creative Nonfiction, Southern Review, Threepenny Review, Orion, Fourth Genre, and elsewhere. He’s won prizes from Iowa Review, Shenandoah, North American Review, and others.