Lay of the Land
Flight
THE GEESE LAND one day amid the asphalt and anger and radio static and sweat, their feathers bright against the dull shades of our lives. Celebrity comes quickly. Inmates press their Continue reading
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The Bug Eaters
“YOU MUST TRY THE GRASSHOPPERS,” my friend Marcos said with a friendly glint in his eye, ordering chapulines alongside mescal cocktails on my first night in Mexico City. Seasoned with garlic, Continue reading
Lay of the Land
Love of Home
A RASPY, emphatic proclamation—“phoebe!”—bursts from the hemlocks Sunday morning, announcing the return of our birds. No need for an alarm clock now. At first light, the male declares his workday has Continue reading
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Young Readers Ask: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
“Young Readers Ask” is a new Orion web series where young readers interview authors about books. This is our second installment. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming David Wallace-Wells Tim Duggan Continue reading
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The Seabird’s Cry
Henry Holy & Co., 2018. $32, 416 pages. FULMAR, puffin, kittiwake, gull, guillemot, cormorant and shag, shearwater, gannet, great auk “and its cousin razorbill,” albatross. The Seabird’s Cry accompanies a dozen Continue reading