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Jon Gluck

Published July 21, 2025

Surviving against the odds with US Journalist Jon Gluck

New York Magazine/Vogue journalist Jon Gluck was living the dream at 38 – married, loving his first New York apartment and enjoying his baby daughter. 

But, after a minor, innocuous slip on a patch of ice, he was devastated to be diagnosed with a rare, incurable blood cancer and given just 18 months to 3 years to live. 

22 years on and counting, Jon has written a searingly honest account of his survival. ‘An Exercise in Uncertainty – A Memoir of Illness and Hope’ documents how he’s beaten the odds and, more broadly, offers some gems on how to cope with uncertainly of any kind.