Autumn
Beulah, Michigan (2015) Taken in the photographer’s native home of Beulah, Michigan, in the field along her parents’ orchard where her son loves to…
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Repatriation
Grand Haven, Michigan (2016) Ten years ago, I found myself along the western strand of Michigan for the first time, entering my freshman year…
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The sound of transition
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2006, Kate Bowman-Johnston shares how a…
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Full of joy
Given our enthusiasm for food—the cooking, eating, and particularly, the sharing of it—the staff of *culture is not optional (the publisher of Topology Magazine)…
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Community Lunch
Allegan, Michigan (2015) The First Presbyterian Church of Allegan started the Community Lunch in 2011. It slowly grew and was supported through grant funding,…
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Brick and Mortar
Three Rivers, Michigan (2016) “What can individual people do to help out the downtown economy of Three Rivers? Spread the word that this is…
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Overflowing Banks
Grand Rapids, Michigan (2013) This photograph was taken during a 100-year flood that occurred in Grand Rapids, Michigan in April of 2013. Heavy rainstorms…
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*culture is not optional, the publisher of Topology, has been participating for several years in the biennial Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin…
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A river gone wild in the city
e live in two worlds, writes Minnesota poet Tom Hennen. The first includes “airplanes and power plants, all the machinery that surrounds us, the…
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On the road again
You pass through places, and places they pass through you, But you carry ‘em with you on the soles of your travelin’ shoes. The Be…
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