May, 1999
Matchsticks and cigarette stubs in black soil, doused and tramped Where the corn is growing Or will grow The rain is cold When we…
Read MoreMatchsticks and cigarette stubs in black soil, doused and tramped Where the corn is growing Or will grow The rain is cold When we…
Read MoreIn the Mississippi River Well you count them one by one It could be your son You can count them two by two It…
Read MoreI grew up in a city that was built around a river, is famous for its locks, was flooded by a creek, and is…
Read MoreI got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company But lately there ain’t been much work on account of the economy Now all…
Read MoreTucson, Arizona (2015) These stones line the bottom of an Arizona riverbed, dry for most of the year. During the rainy season and after…
Read MoreI guarantee you that no modern story scheme, even plotlessness, will give a reader genuine satisfaction, unless one of those old-fashioned plots is smuggled…
Read MoreEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Matthew Deames explores the benefits of kayaking…
Read MoreIn Canada, when we speak of water, we’re speaking of ourselves. Canadians are known to be unextravagant, and one explanation of this might be…
Read MoreBefore the sixth grade, my world was small. I lived in the same house and walked to our K-6 school, at the edge of…
Read MoreAmong our Potawatomi people, women are the Keepers of Water. We carry the sacred water to ceremonies and act on its behalf. “Women have…
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