ImageMay 5, 2017<April 30, 2017 The Edge by Katie Hoogendam Grafton, Ontario (2017) In this piece, my son Caspian stares out across the crest of a small hill to the road and fields north…
ThrowbackMay 4, 2017<May 3, 2017 Tumbling into openness by Daniel Silliman 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,…
EtceteraMay 1, 2017<April 30, 2017 “A border always conveys meaning.” by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma Borders mark the contours of nations, states, even cities, defining them by separating them from all others. A border can be natural—an ocean, a…
EditorialMay 1, 2017<April 30, 2017 The stories we don’t tell by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma “Don’t buy a house in Second Ward.” Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised when a pastor who was new to our community told me…
EssayMarch 14, 2016<March 11, 2016 Border crossing by Jennifer Hernandez For two years, my daily commute included the international border crossing from Ciudád Juarez to El Paso, Texas, and back. I was a U.S….