Crows become familiars for a writer living on the surface of a changing city.
Personal Essay
Posted inFeature
Age, Sex, Location
Chatrooms taught me everything I needed to know about what real people were like before I had to grow up and become one of them.
Posted inReading List
Stories of Quarantine and Upheaval: A Reading List on the Power of Personal Narrative
During times of isolation and dramatic change, our stories from around the world are an essential global historical record.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
All True At Once
You made a fool of the words “feminine” and “masculine” — you were neither, you were both.
Posted inCuration
A Longreads Collection of Catapult Stories
A reading list of essays we loved from Catapult magazine.
Posted inEditor's Pick
On Reflection
“Angelina Mazza spends a lot of time looking at her body. And yet, she explains, she’s never truly seen it.”
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The Incredible Story of Finding My Brother in My 60s
“We were born a week apart, in the same hospital, to different mothers.”
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Parting the Waters
“Generations of family memories wash away in Silver Falls.”