<p>Lucy Kalanithi and Andrew Solomon explore what becomes possible when we bust the myth of the ideal nuclear family.</p><p>Curious about the poem you heard in this week’s episode? It was Ada Limón’s “<a href="https://poets.org/poem/raincoat">The Raincoat</a>,” read by her.</p><p>Find Andrew Solomon’s audiobook <i>New Family Values</i> – redefining what it means to be an “ideal” American family – on Audible <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/New-Family-Values-Audiobook/B07KCPR91G">here</a>.</p><p>His book, <a href="http://andrewsolomon.com/books/far-from-the-tree/"><i>Far From the Tree</i></a> – about parents, children and the search for identity – won the National Book Critics Circle Award and has since been made into a feature film documentary.</p><p>Learn more about Andrew’s family through his essay “<a href="http://andrewsolomon.com/articles/welcome-to-my-modern-family/">Welcome to My Modern Family</a>.”</p><p>Gravity is produced by Wonder Media Network. Original music by Rachel Wardell. Rekha Murthy is our editor. Our executive producer is Jenny Kaplan.</p><p>For more on why we’re doing what we're doing, check us out on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wmn.media/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/wmnmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>. Find Lucy on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/rocketgirlmd">@rocketgirlmd</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>