The Best of Human Parts
The most popular Human Parts articles, as voted by our community.
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What Rainbow Trout Know About Relationships
The concept of the fish ladder helps me think about love, distance, and the meaning of “home”
What 4 Years in Solitary Confinement Taught Me About Surviving Isolation
In October 1999, Shaka Senghor was thrust into a dreadful new reality – a six-foot by nine-foot cell. Not knowing when he’d be allowed to leave the confined space, he underwent a period of anger and resentment – but then he set to work expanding his soul and transforming himself so his punishing environment became a place of light and learning. People have compared COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders to being in prison. It’s easy to imagine why such a comparison might rankle someone who has actually experienced the most abusive form of prison life; but, with characteristic empathy, Senghor shares his hard-won tips for how to thrive – and grow – in very limiting circumstances.
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