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Nathaniel Harper-Brees

Nathaniel Harper-Brees currently lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan on the tenth floor of an apartment building from whose window he receives both the noxious city smog and the stunning view of the Tien Shan Mountains. Nathaniel is learning to explore this new place both on the streets and in the classroom where he teaches secondary science to students from over a dozen different countries.

A Great Bargain
ImageNovember 18, 2016

A Great Bargain

By Nathaniel Harper-Brees

Almaty, Kazakhstan (2016) Shopping in a foreign language is a challenging experience. There are the dangers of purchasing the wrong item, being unable to…

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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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