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Kate Bowman-Johnston

Ten years after leaving Michigan, Kate Bowman-Johnston is deeply rooted in Northwest Philadelphia, where she lives, works, and worships. Her family chose the area for its ungentrified diversity and proximity to verdant Fairmount Park; they stay for the neighbors who turn stoop hangouts into parties and rally together to improve city life for all. Kate was a children's librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia for 8 years before starting a library from scratch at a local public charter school with an environmental mission. She has a spouse, two kids, and a cat who make her laugh every day.

The sound of transition
ThrowbackJuly 14, 2016

The sound of transition

By Kate Bowman-Johnston

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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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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