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Griffin Paul Jackson

Griffin Paul Jackson recently returned from a year of aid work in Beirut, Lebanon. He lives in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood where he writes and works. Follow him at griffinpauljackson.com.

Necessary sounds
EssayMarch 27, 2017

Necessary sounds

By Griffin Paul Jackson

During the war, ISIS set up camp in her father’s fields. The rebels fired rockets into town from their perches somewhere in the foothills….

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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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