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Three Stories to Fear This Halloween
Not that 2020 needs to be any more terrifying, but this Halloween we asked Orion staff to name some of the eeriest, most skin-crawling articles from the past three decades of Continue reading
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Ungulate Love
This dispatch is a follow-up by author Amy Irvine, whose Autumn 2020 feature, “Close to the Bone,” travels from the Mongolian steppe to southwestern United States to contrast the ancient hungers Continue reading
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Behind the Cover: Shelley Lawrence Kirkwood, “Perforated Pear”
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND what makes a perfect Orion cover, we recently conducted a survey. After 1,200 readers weighed in, this is what we learned: There is no perfect Orion cover. Continue reading
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Why I Need You to Take World Octopus Day Seriously
In our November/December 2011 issue, author and naturalist Sy Montgomery wrote “Deep Intellect,” which investigated the inner life of the octopus. Since its publication this feature remains the most-read Orion article Continue reading
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Music for a Changing Climate
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, for my storytelling initiative Climate Stories Project, I’ve had the privilege of listening to people from around the world share their personal stories about the climate Continue reading