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A. J. Alanson
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- 1A Guest in Silence: Writing on a Loved One's Diagnosis●A Guest in Silence My loved one had been given a diagnosis. By the time we returned from the doctor visit, a specter had
Writer A. J. Alanson has published a personal essay titled 'A Guest in Silence', describing the aftermath of a loved one's medical diagnosis. She uses the image of a specter moving into the spare bedroom to capture how illness quietly takes over a home, noticed first through small losses — like the fading of brilliant colors.