Another of my New York Times illustrations has been resurrected for the Modern Love Podcast. On this week’s podcast, the actress Minnie Driver reads “Our Story Ended With a Slow Fade to Black,” an essay about seeking normalcy after a terminal cancer diagnosis.
David Chelsea is reading: Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
by Steven Johnson

The author, Patty Dann, is a writer and teacher in New York and Baltimore. She expands on the loss of her first husband in “The Goldfish Went on Vacation: A Memoir of Loss.” She is on Twitter.
Ms. Driver currently stars in the ABC series “Speechless.” She is best known for her performance in “Good Will Hunting.”