As seen on Memoir Monday

“We had tried to deliver each other from alienation, but we were undone by our dueling languages of choice. Like the threads of my mother’s flower cloths, the memories of the past would always entangle with the present.”

Excerpt from “My Mother Told Stories Through Hmong Embroidery, I Use the Pen,” published on Catapult on February 8, 2022. Illustration: Lisa Lee Herrick.

On February 14, 2023, it was announced that Catapult.co would be shuttered to consolidate operations under the Catapult book publishing arm. You can read the full essay here (for now), or scroll below to view a screen shot of the fully-illustrated story as it appeared online as of February 14, 2023.