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Research Paper On Kate Kimball

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Kate Kimball is an award-winning fiction author who has worked hard to be in the position she is in now. Despite currently struggling with her health, she has continued to peruse her English PhD in Creative Writing here at Florida State University. Born in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah Kimball is surprised to find herself over 2,000 miles away now studying in the sunshine state. FSU offers one of the top creative writing programs that currently is ranked top 5 in the nation according to The Atlantic Monthly. Kimball was excited to be accepted into the accredited program after earning her bachelor’s from the University of Utah and masters at Virginia Tech. Kimball has always loved writing and says, “Creative writing allows you to write about …show more content…

This cancer of the lymph nodes starts by destroying the cells apart of the body’s immune system and can be deadly. The 10 year survival rate for this cancer is 59% and requires years of therapy for recovery. When Kate first discovered she was sick, she had to undergo severe chemotherapy that has severely damaged her Kidney. She is currently doing dialysis to try and restore her damaged kidney, but only time will tell if she will need partial removal of her kidney or a complete transplant. When she is not in the hospital herself, she’s checking other patients in. Due to health care needs, Kimball currently works weekends as a receptionist at the Tallahassee Memorial Emergency Center.
Her health has affected her everyday life tremendously but has not stropped her from perusing her goals. Coworker Sakinah Hofler had nothing but kind things to say about Kimball and admitted that, “I had sometimes complained about my lack of writing time, but then I really started to think about what Kate had been going through: she was sick, receiving treatment that required her to drive to Jacksonville and Orlando, working three jobs, hosting the Warehouse Series every Tuesday all without complaint. She didn’t even ask for help. What was my excuse? My mantra became: “If Kate can do it then I have no

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