Rich mom, poor mom—all in one
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2006, Amy Carpenter Leugs examines the…
identity
The ways of water
byWe sight the mornings softly Take to them easy The scent of the wood and coffee Our cup is filling Outside the river flows…
Loving the River
byIt’s part of you, carves out your western border Sometimes mist settles so thick you barely see Peach Bottom’s power plant or the serene…
Body Reborn
byMixed Media and Acrylic (2014) Being a self-taught artist, the idea of drawing the human body always has intimidated me. However, I used figures…
Self-Portrait
byfrom the series Disabilities and Sexuality (2012) My name is Robert Andy Coombs and I am a ballsy, homosexual, quadriplegic Yooper from Michigan’s majestic…
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…
Femininity and The Big-Boned Gal
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Denise Frame Harlan explores memories of her…
your sun’s what they come for/ when they come for you
byi. I silence sun only in the desert seams increase the difference degrees between night and day horizons shrivel squinting oasis our symbols sand…
Stigma
byEditor’s Note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. This essay, published in 2011, has always stuck with me….
Cody
byThis is Cody from the series “The Secret Society of Disabled People.” I created this series to help people understand what it’s like to…