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      • 0.1 Intro
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      • 1.10 Coming and Going
    • 2.1 Labor
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Karissa Knox Sorrell

Karissa Knox Sorrell is a poet, writer, and ESL teacher from Nashville, Tennessee. Her chapbook, Evening Body, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.

PoetryMay 3, 2017

First Baby

By Karissa Knox Sorrell

The hospital felt like a tomb just after midnight, your body at home in my womb for the final time. In the bathroom, I…

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PoetryDecember 21, 2016

Funeral for Jesus

By Karissa Knox Sorrell

Children gathered around the flowered bier and sang dirges. Burst, his mother cried to the silent God who called her to this. Hidden women…

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The human and the holy
ThrowbackSeptember 22, 2016

The human and the holy

By Karissa Knox Sorrell

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2012, Karissa Knox Sorrell reflects on…

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Holy days
ThrowbackApril 7, 2016

Holy days

By Karissa Knox Sorrell

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Karissa Knox Sorrell recalls the holiness of…

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Finding God in the silence
ThrowbackJanuary 7, 2016

Finding God in the silence

By Karissa Knox Sorrell

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Karissa Knox Sorrell explores a critical shift…

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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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  • Mike Finley
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