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      The violence of frenzy
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      The sound of roots
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      Summer’s lease
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      Deep Roots
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      Hope and Expectation
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      No Trespassing
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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
      • 1.7 Waterways
      • 1.8 My Economy
      • 1.9 Sharing Food
      • 1.10 Coming and Going
    • 2.1 Labor
    • 2.2 Bridges
    • 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

David Stewart

David Stewart is a man who lives in Three Rivers, Michigan. He wakes up smiling everyday.

Bridge over the Illinois
EssayOctober 17, 2016

Bridge over the Illinois

By David Stewart

I’m driving on highway 29 in rural Illinois. This is the Midwest. When you travel here, you drive through corn and soybean fields. You…

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Less is more
EtceteraJune 30, 2016

Less is more

By David Stewart

When I watch Naturali Tea—one of the final nominees in the 2016 Real Food Films competition—its lush greenery and charming pastoral vistas give rise…

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About Topology

Topology Magazine

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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  • Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
  • Deborah Haak
  • Henry Bakker
  • Elisabeth Wenger
  • Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma
  • S. Alexandra Harper
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  • the daily asterisk
  • Marjorie Maddox
  • Alex Joyner
  • Katie Hoogendam
  • William Overbeeke
  • Amy Carpenter-Leugs
  • Laura Menze
  • Naomi Wenger
  • Bethany Beachum
  • Karissa Knox Sorrell
  • Alex Quick
  • Tom Springer
  • Carol Stephen
  • Kathryn T. Jones
  • Aline Lindemann
  • Raechelle Kennedy
  • Bill Boerman-Cornell
  • Scott Peterson
  • Uche Ogbuji
  • Brett Beasley
  • Name Withheld
  • Deborah Lewis
  • Denise Frame Harlan
  • A. Non
  • Jeff Gundy
  • Monica Sharman
  • Randy Smit
  • J.C. Elkin
  • Christine Darragh
  • David Stewart
  • Amy Nemecek
  • John Davis Jr.
  • Joy Riggs
  • Ingrid Lochamire
  • Nora Kirkham
  • Brother Abraham Newsom
  • Peter Freedman-Doan
  • Elisabeth McClanahan
  • Robert Andy Coombs
  • Neil E. Das
  • Gail Heffner
  • Lisa Witz
  • Alek Frost
  • Luke Johnston
  • Ian Randall Wilson
  • John Pierce
  • Sylvia Keesmaat
  • Chris Bullard
  • Katie Karnehm-Esh
  • Katie Reich
  • Eileen R. Kinch
  • Lauren Wayne
  • Jennifer Hernandez
  • Hannah Thyberg
  • Jeff Burt
  • Nicole Carlin
  • Claire Ibarra
  • June Mears Driedger
  • Michael Penny
  • Catherine Woodiwiss
  • Marylu Dykstra
  • Kenneth Arthur
  • Shawndra Miller
  • Jennifer Martelli
  • Danielle Germaine
  • Alexa Shearer
  • Mike Wilson
  • Nina Bannett
  • Lea Page
  • Ruth Asher
  • Mary Ann Honaker
  • Geneva Langeland
  • Gwen DiPietro
  • Nathan Van Hoff
  • Heidi Fettig Parton
  • Matthew Deames
  • Wm. Anthony Connolly
  • Clinton Inman
  • Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
  • Elisavietta Ritchie
  • Joyce H. Munro
  • Cat Dixon
  • Joel Schueler
  • Sophie Blanc
  • Brandon Marlon
  • Gary Guthrie
  • Kierstan Barbre
  • Nate Al Attas-Bradford
  • Kurt Armstrong
  • Tamra Carraher
  • Erin O'Connor-Garcia
  • Vincent A. Cellucci
  • Nathaniel Harper-Brees
  • Samuel J. Fox
  • Erica Schemper
  • Amy Hetletvedt
  • Stefanie Möser Zitö
  • Kate Bowman-Johnston
  • Ann Klotz
  • Celine B. Roque
  • Debra Dieppa
  • Griffin Paul Jackson
  • Denise Vredevoogd
  • Ben Brazil
  • John Yohe
  • Katie Rendon Kahn
  • Jerry Berrigan
  • Chris Fuller
  • Mark Andrew Heathcote
  • Mike Finley
  • Aaron Nell
  • Jim Schmotzer
  • Emily Ulmer
  • Kendall Vanderslice
  • Karen Fitz La Barge
  • Stephanie Nikolopoulos
  • Josh MacIvor-Andersen
  • Matthew Landrum
  • Kristina England
  • Barbara Ruth
  • Amanda Cleary Eastep
  • Hardeep Sabharwal
  • Grant Elgersma
  • Jacqueline Ristola
  • Katie Houston
  • Jennifer Monroe
  • Jeremy Huggins
  • Zach Bartz
  • Jeffrey Allen Mays
  • Robert Stout
  • Larry Kamphausen
  • Christopher Smit
  • Rebecca Wolff
  • Julie Keefer
  • L. L. Barkat
  • Amie Adams
  • Michael Knowles
  • Kendra Stanton Lee
  • Rick Kempa
  • Jennifer Crow
  • Lynne S. Viti
  • Alan Van Wyk
  • Sara Sterley
  • Devon Balwit
  • Gail Walters
  • Thomas Swann
  • Travis Poling
  • Lee Hull Moses
  • Jeff Santosuosso
  • Jacob Miller
  • D.S. Leiter
  • Amanda Hiland
  • Robert Peace Jordan
  • Deborah Bowen
  • Paul Douglas McNeill II
  • Carolyn Adams
  • Matt Prater
  • Valerie Bacharach
  • Rachel Marie Stone
  • Jill McDonough
  • Amy Oestreicher
  • Lynn White
  • Daniel Silliman
  • Kathy Fenton-Miller
  • Heather Hutchison
  • Sam Gesch
  • Donald Illich
  • Lindsy Wallace
  • Jacque Rowe Fields
  • Christie Walkuski
  • Laura Fabrycky
  • Nate Maxson
  • Christopher Smith
  • Ched Myers
  • Larry-Michael Hackenberg
  • Andy Rogers
  • Lorraine Caputo
  • Amelia Rhodes
  • Daniel Roy Connelly
  • Rob Testing

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