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Stephanie Nikolopoulos

Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer and editor in New York City. She is the author, with Paul Maher Jr., of Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road.” Her writing has also appeared in BOMBlog, Brooklyn Rail, Burnside Writers Collective, Gothamist, The Literary Traveler, and The Millions. Included in Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges, she graduated with a BA in English from Scripps College in Claremont, California; she earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from The New School. She has taught writing at the Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College, the Hobart Festival of Women Writers, and Redeemer Presbyterian’s Center for Faith & Work. For more information, visit www.StephanieNikolopoulos.com.

A home with roots
EssayAugust 7, 2017

A home with roots

By Stephanie Nikolopoulos

Editor’s Note: We at Topology are currently on our annual publishing break. In the meantime, enjoy this bonus essay on the July theme of…

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