The How I Learned Series

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

The lovely and kind Cheryl Burke--poet, storyteller, producer, and HIL alum--died yesterday. She was tough as nails and it never, ever occurred to me that she might not make it. She was wonderfully supportive of others and brilliantly courageous in her writing and in her life. She was not nearly done with this world, which makes it all the more devastating. As one of her friends said on her Facebook page, "Fuck you, cancer." Really.

Cheryl, thank you for everything. You will be missed always.

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Blaise Allysen Kearsley is a Brooklyn based writer and storyteller, as well as the creator, producer, and host of How I Learned. She has performed at The Moth, RISK!, Mortified, Literary Death Match, and many other shows. Her writing has been published in Midnight Breakfast, VICE, The Weeklings, The Nervous Breakdown, two anthologies, and in several other places a long time ago, which are perhaps not worth mentioning by name. She also teaches memoir writing. To find out how to say all of her names, visit her website (and no need to tell her it needs to be updated, thanks). Or, you know, just come to a show. She's always happy to see you.

Cheryl B.

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