Personal Stories First and Last: Notes on Adoption and Names
A series of vignettes on names given, chosen, and changed.
Adoption
Personal Stories 
Writing TODAY: Read Catapult’s ‘Adopted’ Essay Series!
"For many of us who choose to write about adoption, telling our stories often means reclaiming them first."
Family “All White,” All Hers: Rebuilding My Adoption Story
Katie Klabusich on how she finally learned the whole truth about her adoption origin story, and how it explained so many things about her childhood.
Family “Remember who your real family is”: On Openness in Adoption
On openness in adoption, and the messages adopted kids often receive about where they belong.
Family “I never asked for this”: On Adoption, Luck, and Thankfulness
Matthew Salesses on adoption, family, and gratitude without obligation.
Family I’m Glad My Birthmom Had a Choice
"It is profoundly disturbing to imply that adopted kids should feel lucky to be alive."
Family “Suffer the Little Children”: Adoption and Toxic Gratitude
Ana Guay on her experiences as an adoptee, and the damaging effects of always being told to feel grateful for adoption.
Family Language Lessons: On Adoption, Identity and Loss
On the beginning study of a language, navigating a complicated identity, parenting as an adoptee, and grasping at things lost to adoption.
Family Why the Trend of Adoption Crowdfunding Makes Me So Uncomfortable
On adoption crowdfunding campaigns, who they benefit, and what else is at stake.
Books To Save the Children of Korea: On the History of International Adoption
Nicole Chung talks with historian Arissa Oh about Korean adoption past and present, and what adoption can teach us about race, immigration, and more.
Family Dare To Be Different
"I grew up wishing to be the same. I grew up wishing I could dare to be different."
Family Photographic Proof
Mary King on the impossible task of tracking down a photo of her and all her reunited siblings.
Family Friendship and Race and Knowing Your Place
On racism and friendship, and when and where to draw lines.
Family “Did You Ever Mind It?”: On Race and Adoption
Nicole Soojung Callahan on growing up adopted.
Politics Adopting a Child in America: What “Baby Veronica” Teaches Us About the Adoption Process
Claudia Corrigan D'Arcy on the specifics of the Baby Veronica case and the ethics of adoption in America.
