Orion Magazine - https://orionmagazine.org/review/ America's Finest Environmental Magazine Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:38:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 195321810 Recommended Reading: Winter 2021 https://orionmagazine.org/review/recommended-reading-winter-2021/ Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:22:03 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=237922 The post Recommended Reading: Winter 2021 appeared first on Orion Magazine.

]]> 237922 Recommended Reading: Autumn 2021 https://orionmagazine.org/review/recommended-reading-autumn-2021/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:42:17 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=227400 The post Recommended Reading: Autumn 2021 appeared first on Orion Magazine.

]]> 227400 Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey https://orionmagazine.org/review/pastoral-song-a-farmers-journey/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:01:17 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=76061 Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey (English Pastoral: An Inheritance in UK version) James Rebanks Custom House, 2021. $28.99, 304 pages.   In Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey, James Rebanks offers a ...

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]]> 76061 My Heart https://orionmagazine.org/review/my-heart/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:51:05 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=76059 My Heart Semezdin Mehmedinović, translated from the Bosnian by Celia Hawkesworth Catapult, 2021. $27.00, 240 pages.   When a writer works from the heart, he or she invites readers into a ...

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]]> 76059 Fugitive Atlas https://orionmagazine.org/review/fugitive-atlas/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:45:35 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=76056 Fugitive Atlas Khaled Mattawa Graywolf Press, 2020. $18.00, 144 pages.   Consider borders. In an atlas, a border is a line separating two countries. Consider the borders within the United States. ...

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]]> 76056 Stillicide https://orionmagazine.org/review/stillicide/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:37:14 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=76054 Stillicide: A Novel Cynan Jones Catapult, 2020. $15.95, 192 pages.   How can writers describe our strange world as it is, and as it is becoming? Right now, Texans are frozen ...

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]]> 76054 Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life https://orionmagazine.org/review/lightning-flowers-my-journey-to-uncover-the-cost-of-saving-a-life/ https://orionmagazine.org/review/lightning-flowers-my-journey-to-uncover-the-cost-of-saving-a-life/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2020 21:40:27 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=72234 Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life Little, Brown Spark, 2020. $28.00, 288 pages.    Next time you brush your teeth, consider Madagascar. In Lightning Flowers: ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/review/lightning-flowers-my-journey-to-uncover-the-cost-of-saving-a-life/feed/ 2 72234 Infowhelm https://orionmagazine.org/review/infowhelm/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 19:45:34 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=72142 Infowhelm Columbia University Press, 2020. $35.00, 336 pages. When we watch the news, stream a podcast, or even scroll through various social media platforms, we are faced with data: dizzying statistics ...

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]]> 72142 The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move & After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America https://orionmagazine.org/review/the-next-great-migration-the-beauty-and-terror-of-life-on-the-move-after-the-last-border-two-families-and-the-story-of-refuge-in-america/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 19:37:10 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=72140 The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move Sonia Shah Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. $28.00, 400 pages. After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of ...

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]]> 72140 World of Wonders https://orionmagazine.org/review/world-of-wonders/ Sat, 05 Dec 2020 19:27:05 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=review&p=72135 World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments Milkweed Editions, 2020, $25.00, 184 pages.   Perusing poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s previous books of poetry, flora and fauna are ...

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