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Ian Randall Wilson

Ian Randall Wilson has published two chapbooks, Theme of the Parabola and The Wilson Poems, both from Hollyridge Press. His fiction and poetry have appeared The Gettysburg Review and Alaska Quarterly Review. He has an MFA in Fiction and in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. He lives in Los Angeles because he is an executive at Sony Pictures Entertainment.

PoetryDecember 13, 2016

This Will Be the Last Time

By Ian Randall Wilson

the cat lies on my lap while my father is still alive. No use forgiving rock for being rock or white clouds always passing…

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PoetryDecember 6, 2016

The Death Idol

By Ian Randall Wilson

The moon cannot, it has no mercy for the drowned names. But someone will remember, yes? The generations exchanging hands. Only the joys of…

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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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