We don’t exist
With small towns shrinking and services eroding, many Dakotans retain an appalling innocence about what it means to be rural in contemporary America. The…
Read MoreWith small towns shrinking and services eroding, many Dakotans retain an appalling innocence about what it means to be rural in contemporary America. The…
Read MoreEarth is sexy, just as sex is earthy. Each of us is a landscape of plains and peaks, valleys and thickets. I speak in…
Read MoreHouses become homes when they embody the stories of the people who have made these spaces into places of significance, meaning, and memory. Home…
Read MoreTo lack a primal place is to be “homeless” indeed, not only in the literal sense of having no permanently sheltering structure but also…
Read MoreThe most insistent and formidable concern of agriculture, wherever it is taken seriously, is the distinct individuality of every farm, every field on every…
Read MoreYou pass through places, and places they pass through you, But you carry ‘em with you on the soles of your travelin’ shoes. The Be…
Read MoreWork the land long enough, and you become aware of the kelp-like waves of crops advancing and retreating across the face of the earth….
Read MoreEditor’s note: A portion of this essay was originally published in Geez Magazine, issue 34. Photos from “Conquest of the Land Through Seven Thousand Years,” W.C….
Read MoreEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this piece, the author celebrates the eccentricities of her…
Read MoreThe Rocky River flows under this bridge in Three Rivers, Michigan, joining the Portage and St. Joseph Rivers in the triad for which the…
Read More