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In 2012, science writer and Orion contributor David Quammen published Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. The book charts the ecology and spread of “zoonoses,” diseases transmitted between animals Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This list of readings accompanies “The Land Has Memory,” an interview between Priscilla Solis Ybarra and the playwright, poet, and essayist Cherríe Moraga in the Winter issue. I had been Continue reading
“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
Drew Lanham’s article, “Forever Gone,” found in the Spring 2018 issue of Orion, is illustrated with images of Carolina parakeets that Orion’s editors found on Instagram. Here is a behind-the-scenes look Continue reading
Climate change raises existential questions—ones that, some argue, exist more comfortably in the realm of morality than science. So might the world’s religious traditions help us face the challenges of the Continue reading