“There has to be an unknown world out there. There have to be unknown woods that are beyond our grasp. Creatures we haven’t yet met.”

Lydia Millet in conversation with Lisa Wells.
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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬: Do you know any fable which speaks to environmental issues & the other global challenges ? We’d love to hear from you. Tell us your selected fable, along with a short explanation of why you have chosen it. Please visit: research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-fab…

Today's the last day to apply to Orion's Environmental Writers' Workshop. Join us in an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity, and renew, illuminate, and deepen your relationship with place.
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Deesha Philyaw on grief and a glass of whisky.
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'With proper care and nurture, it seems, the creative spirit, like life, may be inexhaustible, cycling, growing as it is given.' On art in Appalachia. buff.ly/3wdu84e

We know oil companies are on the front lines of climate change disinformation, but what about another, more covert industry that’s also culpable? Dr. Leah C. Stokes writes. buff.ly/4bhLFa9

Today is the last day in our appeal for you to join Barbara Kingsolver and donate to Orion. She wrote a letter to you about why donating matters. Read it, and consider donating, right here.
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“You know, these old stories would go down a lot easier with whisky.”

A short story from Deesha Philyaw.
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'For the Love of Trees' Annual Awards Gala from Orion Magazine, a free online fundraising event featuring Robin Wall Kimmerer, Richard Powers, Ed Yong, and others. May 7, 2024, 6 pm ET. us.givergy.com/OrionMagazine2…

Shades of Green - Call for photography to feature in Murmuration section of Orion Magazine '...looking for shades and images of the color green: food, plants, textiles, wildlife, unexpected, and unnatural sources of green' Ends on Tue, Apr 30, 2024 11 pm orion.submittable.com/submit/291572/…

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At Festa Dell’Olio Novo, it’s all about extra (extra) virgin olive oil. As Beth Kephart delights in heavenly oil-drizzled bread, she finds another one of the festival’s gifts: connection. buff.ly/3waNtmE

“The rasp in our throats is slime from stones in small streams turned to steam.” From our archives, Becca Rose Hall recalls the brilliance of forests before fire.

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As Laurel Nakanishi and her partner Allie head deeper into Montana winter, Nakanishi reflects on queer identity, the freedom found in the wilderness, and the identities that never leave her. buff.ly/49SfTiU

A six-year-old’s campaign to save the pill bugs of Federal Plaza. buff.ly/3JFZsvj

Meet the charming, wobbly-legged creations of Spencer Hansen.

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“I understood that once, before we forgot how, we followed the furred and feathered creatures around us.” @​​MimDarling follows the lead of the otters on a frigid winter day. buff.ly/3Qhs1Df

If Aminatta Forna was trapped on a deserted island, she would take the book ‘Where There Is No Doctor.’ How the book, and her father’s medical career in Sierra Leone, changed her life. buff.ly/3UzrOhp

The only thing that broke up the harsh silence of county jail was the sliver of sunlight Marcia Weber got while bird watching. She reflects on the nine months she spent locked behind bars. buff.ly/3Qkl7Np