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  • Essay
    • The violence of frenzy
      The violence of frenzy
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      The sound of roots
    • Summer’s lease
      Summer’s lease
    • Editorial
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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
Kathryn T. Jones

Kathryn T. Jones

Kathryn Jones currently makes her home in Louisville, Kentucky, where she appreciates the four-season climate, a wealth of old and new parklands, and its commitment to becoming a Compassionate City. After a day of grant writing for the regional hospice provider, she spends her time caring for a husband and two rescue dogs, walking the tree-lined streets of her neighborhood, running a pet food pantry at her church, and pursuing an MFA through Spalding University’s low residency program.

Tears come
EssayDecember 12, 2016

Tears come

By Kathryn T. Jones

The tears start at the back of the eye. I suppress all thoughts of death and blink several times. They retreat. I press my…

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Sense memory
ThrowbackJanuary 14, 2016

Sense memory

By Kathryn T. Jones

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Kathryn T. Jones recalls stories from her…

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Gathering clouds
EssayNovember 4, 2015

Gathering clouds

By Kathryn T. Jones

For several years, my 90-year-old mother has dreaded the approach of winter. She lives in wool sweaters, pockets stuffed with tissues. She wraps in…

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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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  • Bethany Beachum
  • Karissa Knox Sorrell
  • William Overbeeke
  • Amy Carpenter-Leugs
  • Tom Springer
  • Carol Stephen
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  • Grant Elgersma
  • Rachel Marie Stone
  • Jennifer Monroe
  • Kathy Fenton-Miller
  • Kendra Stanton Lee
  • Jacqueline Ristola
  • Lynne S. Viti
  • Robert Stout
  • Travis Poling
  • Zach Bartz
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  • Larry Kamphausen
  • Jeff Santosuosso
  • Rebecca Wolff
  • Julie Keefer
  • L. L. Barkat
  • Michael Knowles
  • Amie Adams
  • Andy Rogers
  • Rick Kempa
  • Jennifer Crow
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  • Lee Hull Moses
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