This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Ellen Pao, Henry Wismayer, Taylor Harris, and Jeff Maysh.
Catapult
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‘Is This Gonna Happen Every Day in Charlottesville?’
A black mother wrestles with having to explain the violence in Charlottesville to her six-year-old daughter.
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Talking to My Daughter About Charlottesville
“Once your children know that even one person detests their bones and breath, they know.”
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Can You Return To a Place That Was Never Your Home?
Grace Linden considers repatriation to Austria — a place she has never lived.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Rebecca Solnit, Robert F. Worth, Margaret Talbot, Porochista Khakpour, and Frank Bures.
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The Essay Will Feel Like It’s Killing You
“Begin by writing about anything else,” says Porochista Khakpour, until she becomes conflicted about writing about being Iranian-American.
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Our Gardens, Growing: A Reading List
Five stories about plants and gardens and the humans that tend them.
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A Love Affair with a Prince Soundtrack
Veteran music journalist Michael Gonzales reflects on a long love affair and Prince’s deep, varied catalogue of hits.
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A Reading List for Mother’s Day
There is no grand unified theory of motherhood. Within every paradigm, mothering may vary a million times over.
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A Runaway Sister’s Survivor Guilt
Chris J. Rice reaches out to the baby brother she left behind when she ran away from their abusive mother at 15.