On Swimming and Living with Chronic Pain

Literary / News
The image for "To swim is to endure," which is a painting of a female swimmer's back.

Catapult published my personal essay, To Swim is to Endure, about my relationship to swimming and how it helps me get through chronic headaches and writer’s block. This essay has been many months in the making. Though part of me is wary of putting something so personal out in the world, I’m thrilled to be in Catapult. If you don’t know it, be sure to spend some time on there. The site is full of great writing.

Art by Ellen Orseck / Image via brad, flickr

The Author

writer & journalist