Exodus
byAfter Rilke In the beginning, your word: Light And there was time. A long Absence, then your second: Man Who brought forth doubt; Uneasy…
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First Baby
byThe hospital felt like a tomb just after midnight, your body at home in my womb for the final time. In the bathroom, I…
Memories of Main Street
byMy Saturday takes me round-trip. I start the morning with a volunteer shift in the downtown fair trade store my husband and I helped…
The human and the holy
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2012, Karissa Knox Sorrell reflects on…
All in the neighborhood
byBecause the stranger knocking at our front door didn’t look like a Jehovah’s Witness or a candidate for political office, I opened the door…
A story of yogurt: The path from frugality to richness
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Laura Menze traces the origins of a…