Aurora Golden-Appleton

AURORA GOLDEN-APPLETON {[email protected]} is a recent graduate of Brigham Young University who holds a degree in molecular biology. She completed a term of service with AmeriCorps at the San Francisco Department of Public Health on the Street Medicine and Shelter Health Team in 2021–2022. For her, medicine is a soul-stretching way to become proximate to the mess, beauty, and grandeur of humanity. She is currently applying to medical school.

Knot Theory

Articles/Essays – Volume 56, No. 2

A knot can be a beautiful thing. A knot can reveal truths about how the world works. Some people are so enraptured by knots, they dedicate their lives to studying them. I’m devoting no energy…

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