This is a collection of Orion Staff contributions.
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10 New(ish) Book Recommendations for Fall Reading
Daylight is waning, leaves are falling, and your favorite comfy chair is calling. The season of long nights and cozy reading is upon us, and Orion has some environmentally-influenced recently published Continue reading
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The Literature of Refugees
Each new Orion issue is focused on a central thesis or theme. For Autumn 2023, that theme is homelessness and displacement. We ask what home looks like in the face of Continue reading
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The Orion Staff’s 11 Spark Birds
In honor of the release of Orion’s anthology Spark Birds, this magazine’s staff gathered in late July over Zoom to talk about the birds that glide and stride through our mind’s Continue reading
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7 Photographers Capturing the Magic of Birds
IN ANTICIPATION OF Orion‘s newest anthology on birds, we present you with a series of photographs that capture the wonder—and mystery—of birds around the world. Below are some of the faces Continue reading
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Nature Is a Central Character in These 8 Riveting New Books
Are you interested in foraging, forest fires, or birdwatching? Have strong feelings about big box stores or religious cults? Would you like to spend some time in Beijing, Appalachia, or the Continue reading
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This Extremely Random Earth Day Playlist Has Something for Everyone
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye “Radiation underground and in the sky // Animals and birds who live nearby are dying” Arguably my favorite song from a transcendent Continue reading
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10 Beautiful Books in or About Translation
Our Spring 2023 issue speaks to the language of nature and features works in or about translation. Here, Orion staffers and friends pulled together a list of their favorite fiction and Continue reading
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5 Staff-Approved Millet Recipes for Your Next Meal
EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE PUBLISHED Jori Lewis’s Our Daily Ceeb, an homage to millet, a grain indigenous to Senegal—native to the soil, yes, but far less popular than rice, which was Continue reading
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Everything We’re Reading, Watching, and Doing This March
Encounters with art and beauty on paper, screen, or in nature, from our hearts and minds to yours TO DO: Explore the Speech Accent Archive Please call Stella. Ask Continue reading
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8 Botanical Artists to Watch
TO ROUND OUT FLOWER WEEK, we present you with a gallery of botanical art. The works below capture, preserve, impress, re-create, manipulate, and wonder at the influence of petals, stems, and Continue reading