Artful dispatches from the places where we find ourselves
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Thorin
spoken to Bilbo in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2010, Daniel Silliman reflects on maps, borders,…