The Patrescene
We crawled naked from the caves, staggered in from the hunts, to find someone had planted a seed. Our hands, stained with charcoal, ocher. Bodies spent, but swirling with beasts we’d Continue reading
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The Age of the Orange
It’s 1434. A merchant and his wife pose for a double portrait. Nearby, four oranges glow from their windowsill. The merchant is an Italian in Flanders, dealing in cloth and tapestries. Continue reading
Orion’s Most Memorable Covers
Summer 2019 We love the black and silver-gold intricacy of this piece. It looks like a lacy, jazzy tintype and reminds us even the most common of things is worthy of Continue reading
What Counts as Seeing
Alice Wong: I’ve been thinking a lot about the titles of your books, An Immense World and I Contain Multitudes, because I think most humans don’t really realize how interdependent we Continue reading
The Grounded Age
The Anthropocene is officially grounded. No, this warning does not pertain to those marvels of science engendering time aloft by engineered finagling of lift, thrust, or flotation—which would include balloons, zeppelins, Continue reading