The Art of Soil: How One Scientist Uses Dirt to Make Art
WEBBy Karen Vaughan. June 15, 2022. As scientists around the world comb through the soil in search of the origins of the Anthropocene, our anniversary issue takes inspiration from people like Karen Vaughan, who finds truth in a peculiar marriage of art and geology. Vaughan is a scientist, paint maker, educator, mom, and artist.
Submission Guidelines - Orion Magazine
WEBLearn how to pitch your work to Orion, a magazine about environmental and social issues. Find out what we are looking for, what we are not, and when to submit your visual or story ideas.
Friend of the Water - Orion Magazine
WEBApr 20, 2021 · Damp feathers ruffle below the flight of a white witch moth. Glasswing butterflies float through the vapor, intermittently visible. Above a clear, rocky stream, a tiny green tree frog perches on the belly of a leaf. Turning its minute snout toward the water, the frog lets out three chirps in the dark, struggling to make itself known.
Out of Shape - Orion Magazine
WEBMar 10, 2022 · SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY is famous for, among other things, being one of the first films censored in Thailand after the military coup in 2006. Weerasethakul refused to cut the four scenes that had provoked the censors: a doctor, after a long day, pulling out a bottle of alcohol hidden in a prosthetic leg; a monk hanging out with friends, strumming a guitar; two monks playing with a toy UFO; and a
The Best of Wendell Berry - Orion Magazine
WEBAug 5, 2020 · January 2007. A story from the center of the world. Best Video: Fire & Grit Plenary Talk (26 minutes) Summer 1999. Berry delivered this talk in June 1999 during an Orion conference, Fire & Grit, which took place in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Wendell Berry has been an Orion contributor and advisor since the magazine’s beginnings in 1982.
Revolutions per Minute - Orion Magazine
WEBJanuary 1, 1970. WHEN I WAS a young activist, the ’60s were not yet far enough away, and people still talked about “after the revolution.”. They still believed in some sort of decisive event that would make everything different — an impossible event, because even a change in administration cannot bring a universal change of heart, and ...
Amitav Ghosh on Literature and Climate Coincidence
WEBNov 27, 2019 · Amitav Ghosh on Literature and Climate Coincidence. A problem as massive as global climate change is difficult to capture in literary language. Amitav Ghosh knows this better than most. Now in his sixties, the award-winning author of eight novels and four books of nonfiction has in recent years tried to …
Together Apart - Orion Magazine
WEBMar 26, 2020 · Together Apart is a new Orion web series of letters from isolation. Every week under lockdown, we eavesdrop on curious pairs of authors, scientists, and artists, listening in on their emails, texts, and phone calls as they redefine their relationships from afar. This first exchange is between Amy Irvine and Pam Houston. March 26, 2020.
Eleven Poetry Anthologies Handpicked for Orion Readers
WEBAug 30, 2021 · Eleven Poetry Anthologies Handpicked for. Orion. Readers. By Camille T. Dungy & Kathleen Yale. August 30, 2021. EACH MONTH, Orion ’s poetry editor, Camille Dungy, and friends recommend poetry collections they think our readers might enjoy. This month we’re recommending a host of anthologies, and with them an …
Holding the Line - Orion Magazine
WEBAfter a big swell barreled in and swept past what was left of the land, the neighborhood assembled a twelve-foot-high barricade to hold the line. The impasse barely lasted one spring tide. Wave after big wave rumbled back toward shore, pounding the sea wall with a simmering rage. “There was so much vibration. The waves were hitting the wall ...
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