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Geneva Langeland

Geneva Langeland

Geneva Langeland survived graduate school at the University of Michigan with minimal blood loss, escaping with her M.S. in environmental policy and communication. She now lives and works in leafy Ann Arbor, MI, as the communications editor at Michigan Sea Grant. There, she gets to hang out with educators, researchers, and communicators who love the Great Lakes as much as she does.

Bridges and intersections
EssayOctober 10, 2016

Bridges and intersections

By Geneva Langeland

A version of this piece was previously published on the Post Calvin in 2013. Barbara Kingsolver’s lovely 2012 novel, Flight Behavior, spins the story…

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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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