What We Leave Behind
byBattle Creek, Michigan (2016) I remember once wanting to do a project on the paperwork that runs through our lives, and how bureaucracy strips…
death
Finding God in the silence
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Karissa Knox Sorrell explores a critical shift…
Oral History
byGun shots against the low-slung sky though it is no season for hunting. Or perhaps it was firecrackers, not fourth of July; someone always…
A time to grieve
byAt the first signs of decline, I saw the illusion I’d buried in the depths of my subconscious float to the surface: I had…
Abbey Cemetery
byfor Kilian McDonnell, OSB This gentle hill heaves, pushing up crenellations— those markers of surrendered life secured even in death. A phalanx of gray…
Loser
byor the inaugural issue of Topology Magazine, our editorial board thought it would be fitting to set the tone with a consideration of various…