Oral History
Gun shots against the low-slung sky though it is no season for hunting. Or perhaps it was firecrackers, not fourth of July; someone always…
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Always unpacking: The Prelinger Library as Twenty-First Century archive
I am unpacking my library. Yes, I am. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of…
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Gathering clouds
For several years, my 90-year-old mother has dreaded the approach of winter. She lives in wool sweaters, pockets stuffed with tissues. She wraps in…
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A river gone wild in the city
e live in two worlds, writes Minnesota poet Tom Hennen. The first includes “airplanes and power plants, all the machinery that surrounds us, the…
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My boy will know
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this poetic essay, Chris Smit riffs on a theme…
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Loser
or the inaugural issue of Topology Magazine, our editorial board thought it would be fitting to set the tone with a consideration of various…
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On the road again
You pass through places, and places they pass through you, But you carry ‘em with you on the soles of your travelin’ shoes. The Be…
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Work the land long enough, and you become aware of the kelp-like waves of crops advancing and retreating across the face of the earth….
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