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    • Volume 1
      • 0.1 Intro
      • 1.1 Margins
      • 1.2 Living with the Seasons
      • 1.3 Thriftiness
      • 1.4 Noise and Silence
      • 1.5 Bodies
      • 1.6 Transportation
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      • 1.8 My Economy
      • 1.9 Sharing Food
      • 1.10 Coming and Going
    • 2.1 Labor
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    • 2.3 Shops & Stores
    • 2.4 The Darkest Night
    • 2.5 Sabbath
    • 2.6 Local Government
    • 2.7 Solastalgia
    • 2.8 Borders & Boundaries
    • 2.9 Play

Amy Carpenter-Leugs

Amy Carpenter Leugs has written poems and nonfiction appearing in Voices, Peninsula Poets, Parabola, and catapult magazines. Amy is also the author of three children's books dealing with issues of poverty and difference, all published by UCOM Open Door Press. A former English teacher, Amy now speaks and writes about life learning through conferences and online forums. Amy lives in the literary city of Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband, Michael, their three sons, and the wildlife of Plaster Creek. More links to her writing can be found at amycarpenterleugs.webs.com.

Nature walk on concrete
ThrowbackMarch 9, 2017

Nature walk on concrete

By Amy Carpenter-Leugs

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2004, Amy Carpenter-Leugs reflects on the notion…

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The King is dead; long live the King
ThrowbackFebruary 9, 2017

The King is dead; long live the King

By Amy Carpenter-Leugs

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2011, Amy Carpenter-Leugs considers what we desire in…

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Unforeseen effects
ThrowbackSeptember 8, 2016

Unforeseen effects

By Amy Carpenter-Leugs

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2004, Amy Carpenter-Leugs shares how working…

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Rich mom, poor mom—all in one
ThrowbackMay 5, 2016

Rich mom, poor mom—all in one

By Amy Carpenter-Leugs

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2006, Amy Carpenter Leugs examines the…

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PoetryOctober 13, 2015

Open Letter

By Amy Carpenter-Leugs

To Rush Limbaugh, From Frank, the Retired Postal Worker I draw a picture of you with my number two pencil a stout guy like…

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Topology Magazine is a place for active contemplation through prose, poetry, and art: the produce of thoughtful labor in the places where we find ourselves. Each person is inextricably tied to their physical location, and Topology cultivates that connection by publishing work which explicitly or implicitly recognizes the influence of place. Read more …

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