‘Notley’s 50th book is a memoir of 17 years called being reflected upon, and book begins with the death of a husband, and ends with the treatment of breast cancer, its a book about suffering as Notley says suffering can lead to freezing, but if we don’t freeze, other worlds can open up to us, for example the world of hearing the dead; as Notley said she has new knowledge and something to give people; something to say to make them feel better.