A day more beautiful
Photo: Sorbie Farm, Salem, OH, Hanna Family Archives (circa 1958) It was a day, her uncle said, more beautiful than it had any right…
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Tumbling into openness
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,…
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On “tyrannese”: A fake interview with Wendell Berry
Well, it’s been a disorienting couple of weeks under the new regime, and while sales of George Orwell’s 1984 pushed the dystopian novel into…
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Baboon bride
The summer I turned 16 was the summer of Sgt. Pepper, and I took a job as a zoo guide at Jungle Larry’s Safari…
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Muscle and bone
I was sitting at the kitchen table on a rare lazy Saturday morning—no swimming lessons, no birthday parties, no sleepovers. My wife was still…
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The work of hands
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. This editorial from 2014 was from an issue on the…
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To Rush Limbaugh, From Frank, the Retired Postal Worker I draw a picture of you with my number two pencil a stout guy like…
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