The Edge
byGrafton, Ontario (2017) In this piece, my son Caspian stares out across the crest of a small hill to the road and fields north…
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The stories we don’t tell
by“Don’t buy a house in Second Ward.” Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised when a pastor who was new to our community told me…
Little sister hails a cab
byThe first story I remember hearing about my Aunt Ruth was from the childhood she shared with my mother. “She used to take a…
Recommended: looking out the window
byHere’s one of my favorite things to do on a Sunday: to settle into our red rocking chair with my feet on the ottoman,…
Learning to live on both sides of the river
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this 2002 piece, Bill Boerman-Cornell reviews a book worth…
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…
Sense memory
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Kathryn T. Jones recalls stories from her…
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…
Guerrilla gifting: A Christmas manifesto
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Brett Beasley writes about learning to believe…
Being at home where you don’t belong: A spiritual necessity
byBe patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that…