In Remembrance of MK
THE GREAT IRONY OF MK’S death is that the eagle herself was rodenticidal. As in, a killer of rodents, at least when the fishing was bad. Yet it was also rat Continue reading
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The Unlikely Success of Wingspan
WE BEGIN BY ANGLING a lamp toward the wall, allowing just the perfect amount of warm light to fall on the table. Windows are flung open, inviting the night air inside. Then, Continue reading
A Dangerous Game of Chicken
IF FUTURE HUMANS WERE TO GUESS which animal we most revered, depended upon, and loved, it would not be our cat and canine companions, noble horses, or overworked cows. It would Continue reading
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
Tune In: Listen to 3 Shifting Soundscapes
This story is part of Bird Week 2023, in celebration of Orion’s newest anthology, Spark Birds. You can preorder this book, packed with some of Orion‘s greatest essays about all things feathered, right here. On Continue reading