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“Erasure,” writes Rebecca Gayle Howell, “is most often used against texts.” But in her most recent project, ‘Erase Genesis,’ Howell uses strike-outs to create something new: poetry, via redaction, in the biblical story of Genesis. Howell discussed the project with Meera Subramanian, right here.

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"Seeing the snow leopard, not seeing the snow leopard: it is really all the same. An enlightened being treats whatever comes, this moment right now, as paradise." orionmagazine.org/article/pete...

"To be an Earthling is to be a denizen of change."

Call your mom & mother figures today 💚

Happy Mother's Day to EVERY mother...

From our latest issue on labor, a primer on and a photo record of regenerative agriculture in action.

Award-winning instructors. Intimate space to connect. One week to spark creativity and deepen your writing practice. Applications are almost closed for the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop. Learn more and apply right here. orionmagazine.org/omega/

Join Orion as a member of the Sapling Society and make your donation go further. You choose the size and frequency of your ongoing donation. Like a sapling taking root, your recurring gift strengthens the work of Orion. And this Spring, every donation gets doubled—and so does your impact.

Belated though it be: so much gratitude to @orionmagazine.bsky.social for publishing my little piece about Bermudian cephalopods in their latest issue. It’s a true honor to be part of this publication. @graywolfpress.bsky.social orionmagazine.org/article/a-pl...

Learn more about @orionmagazine.bsky.social, a nonprofit literary organization “working at the intersection of nature and culture, climate and community,” in this member spotlight!

Happy #pubday for Rebecca Gayle Howell's Erase Genesis, a powerful poetic interpretation of Genesis crafted with strokes of blue paint. Our convo about the book's creation in @orionmagazine.bsky.social orionmagazine.org/article/eras...

@sabs.bsky.social book is excellent! It's called How Far the Light Reaches. So many cool, weird sea creatures! Some fabulous prose! And whalefalls! 💙🐋💙

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet (or so the line goes). But WHY does it smell so sweet to us? David George Haskell breaks down the science behind our love for floral scents just as those April showers bring May flowers.

Guided by award-winning instructors, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop provides an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity, and renew, illuminate, and deepen your relationship with place. Join us this year—apply by May 15. orionmagazine.org/omega/

It's International Workers' Day! Orion's current issue is all about labor 💪 This issue, the environment acts as a lens through which we explore a set of pressing social questions—how we work, how we resist, and how we survive. Subscribe to start reading here. orionmagazine.org/product/subs...

The title of “American Farmworkers,” this series you’re seeing from Narciso Martinez, is a bit tongue-in-cheek—a nod to the ag industry’s conspicuous use of the artist’s subjects: undocumented laborers. orionmagazine.org/article/amer...

Happy International Workers' Day 💪 orionmagazine.org/article/wage...

National Poetry Month is almost over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy poetry for the rest of the year. Here are 12 (awesome) collections to get you started. orionmagazine.org/article/12-n...

What would Sabrina Imbler, the author, the writer, the wonder expert, like to be remembered for? (Hint: it’s not any of the above.)

For a while, Lena Moses-Schmitt wanted to write about cars—even though she hated them. But it turns out the preoccupation went a little deeper. Here, Moses-Schmitt's original graphic piece about getting reacquainted with her aging body in the multi-decade aftermath of being hit by a car.

Help Orion grow as a member of our Sapling Society. You choose the size and frequency of your ongoing donation. All recurring donations received in April and May will count towards the $30,000 fundraising challenge offered by board members. orionmagazine.org/sapling-soci...

What does true solidarity look like in practice? For our Spring issue, WORKING THE LAND, Emma Pattee, Naomi R Williams, and Sarah Schulman discuss just that.

Certain ways of living require a deep sense of place. Shepherding is one of them. Ellen Wayland-Smith spoke with Helen Whybrow last summer about her book 'The Salt Stones,' an evocative love song to her land, its many denizens, and the old-new art of shepherding.

“Because grandmothers helped out, we, as an entire species, grew to live longer and longer and developed our big brains, tiny jaws, shorter guts, conceptual art, chamber music, cars, poetry, split-level houses, novels, this computer I write on.”

"It’s a tall order: to stand together, we must amplify our similarities and overlook our differences. And perhaps look up from our phones. Some days, just the phone part feels impossible." Emma Pattee, Naomi R Williams, and Sarah Schulman join in a conversation about labor and solidarity.

“Every tree is a jazz player… although where a long Coltrane piece might last a quarter of an hour, a tree’s performance may go on for half a millennium or more.” Trees abide by certain rules. But they also make it up as they go—and the results are diverse and spectacular. Happy Arbor Day. 🌲

Tommy Orange on trees, senescence, and survival.

In the spirit of Arbor Day: did you know you can join Orion as a member of our Sapling Society? You choose the size and frequency of your donation... and this Spring, those donations are getting doubled. Every donation matters. Join our community. orionmagazine.org/sapling-soci...

In the late 60s, Gary Paul Nabhan—then a college student—got permission to skip class to attend a strange newfangled series of “environmental teach-ins” on campuses across the U.S. They were calling it Earth Day.

The pecan tree has much to teach; Robin Wall Kimmerer breaks those lessons down. orionmagazine.org/article/peca...

Donate and double your impact. Orion board members are matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $30,000. Your gift of $50, $75, or whatever amount is right for you will be matched when you give today. orionmagazine.org/donate-spring

There are the world’s tallest trees, and there are the groups of people who find them. (But don’t expect them to disclose their locations. The last time they did that, the resulting crowds were more trouble than they were worth.)

In our Spring issue, we welcome Chloé Cooper Jones’ first piece as an Orion columnist: a beautiful, surprising snapshot of a mother-son roadtrip.

Orion’s been a proud member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses for five years now. Our publisher and EIC recently caught up with the CLMP folks for a little get-to-know-you session. So allow me to reintroduce myself...

I love this. Reminds me of my favorite anecdote from Katharine Hepburn's memoir, which I discovered on a shelf in an AirBnB in rural Australia, and then promptly added to my book.

Access an excerpt of this book from @orionmagazine.bsky.social here: orionmagazine.org/article/an-a...

"Because who else is telling that story? Of how our grandmothers saved us and made us? Of how much we owe older women? . . . Because look around. The stories are gone—if they were ever even recorded." Angela Pelster for @orionmagazine.bsky.social: orionmagazine.org/article/how-...

“. . . . Some would say we were not divine between us but we hummed our shared holy family in a quarry of folding chairs.” From 'Is Is Enough' by #BlackEarthInstitute Emeritus Fellow Lauren Camp. One of the '12 New Recommended Poetry Collections' featured @orionmagazine.bsky.social.

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This essay by Katrina Vandenberg is so refreshing and tender. A cool sanctuary among the ferns.

National Poetry Month is upon us! Our staff pulled together a list of can't-miss new poetry collections to celebrate. Read and be changed. ✨ orionmagazine.org/article/12-n...

When scientists talk about evolution, it becomes obvious pretty quickly that a lot of it is about trying to determine the defining thing that made us human—leaving the trees, walking on two feet, eating meat, cooking food, big game hunting, controlling fire. But how about the grandmother hypothesis?

Before we sent people into space further than they’ve ever gone before, we sent seeds. Here, the true story of the moon trees.

There are certain Orion essays that defy pithy social media captions and categorizations. This one from Katrina Vandenberg—about caregiving and mentorship in its myriad forms, told through the writer's love of ferns—is one of them.

Mood: beautifully unschooled in ruin

The photographs in Margeaux Walter's 'Sedimental' were taken in the kind of familiar landscapes you might find in a NatGeo or Sierra mag spread; on first glance they appear beautiful, even idyllic. But something is, quite intentionally, off. orionmagazine.org/article/sedi...

We asked Joseph O. Legaspi and Aimee Nezhukumatathil to chat in celebration of their brand new poetry collections 'Amphibian' and 'Night Owl'... and they gave us a warm and ranging conversation about craft, nocturnes, fluidity, zuihitsu, and the wonder of friendship-osmosis.