catapult magazine

Items tagged story

• Give me liberty or give me death

  A review of Garth Jennings’ film Son of Rambow.

• Kirstin’s recommendations 7.11.08

  Young adult fiction about race and the abuse of power and classic music from Louis Jordan and Patsy Cline, two of the most influential U.S. artists in the 20th century.

• Dream home

  A reflection on the purpose of a home and how to be attentive to the story it tells.

• A song in my home

  How making a first home can be a re-discovery of self.

• Tale of two children

  What folk tales and the biblical narrative have to offer about the process of growing up.

• The Halloween Bunny

  A tale of disillusionment, for better or worse.

• Becoming a Matriarch

  On the paradox of aspirations within a family.

• Unequal embrace

  Contextualizing a healthy sense of gender identity within a hierarchy of privilege.

• To be two

  A fantastic tale about losing--and finding--one's voice.

• Kirstin’s recommendations 12.19.08

  Two historically-rooted fictions-a film about arms dealing and a novel about a Sudanese refugee-explore the lives of outsiders.

• Ten things for teaching

  A moment of reflection before heading into a whirlwind of a term.

• Half a library

  A list-in-progress of formative collections.

• Love breaks through

  An administrative assistant in an oncology clinic reflects on the system's approach to shalom.

• Some books bite. Good books leave scars.

  A shameless fanboy's reflection on books that help us believe.

• An open letter to literature

  Chronicling an English major's complicated relationship with books.

• A lasting impression

  A review of a young adult favorite, Ellen Raskin's The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues.

• Standing alone

  A review of the 1974 young adult novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.

• Writing with light

  The photographs of Andre Kertesz and the world of stories, and the stories of the world.

• More than a good story

  How a children's book shaped a lifelong approach to singing.

• “Josep’s Opus,” or “Coke’s mini-movie”

  On the adman's use of music, for better or worse, to manipulate.

• Hard lessons

  A review of L.L. Barkat's Stone Crossings: Finding Grace in Hard and Hidden Places, a collection of biblical reflections.

• The tree of sacrifice, the tree of communication

  A tour of images, holidays, uses, poems and ideas related to trees.

• Actualizing the virtual

  Facilitating food and gatherings via the tools of technology.

• Promised land gone

  Warning: asking long-time neighbors about family history might surprise you.

• Singing still

  A musical tour of sentiments about ownership.

• A mother’s manifesto?

  Framing home and motherhood in terms of Isaiah's vision of family as a powerful symbol.

• Best friends

  Remembering the transformation of objects in a time of mourning.

• Suffering the hap-happiest season

  How can our Christmas rituals proclaim good news for sad people?

• Upon a midnight clear

  How a firstborn daughter arrived just in time for Christmas.

• To throw away or to keep

  Being born again into a new identity yields more questions than answers, with a need to proceed.