The journalist and former television news producer Richard M. Cohen knows firsthand the toll of chronic illness. He described his battle with multiple sclerosis and colon cancer in This article appears in March 10 2008.
Bill Williams is a freelance writer in West Hartford, Conn., and a former editorial writer for The Hartford Courant. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
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