In return, they laid more eggs than I could eat. In summer when insects were their chief diet—ants being plentiful, and grasshoppers in August—their yolks took on the color of a sunset and tasted good ...

It is with deep pride and great excitement that I write to share some truly wonderful news with you: Orion has officially ...

Join Orion magazine, Radiolab, and Lambda Literary to celebrate the launch of Orion’s spring 2025 issue, Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity. This virtual event will feature two contributors ...

Restorative Ecosystems: Life and death in the wilderness of the hospital IN THIS ISSUE, traverse life and death in the wilderness of the hospital, examining the restorative nature of our bodies and ...

Pam Houston: I’d love to hear more about what got you interested in writing a book about the first successful all-women ascent of Denali? Are you a climber yourself? I’m not an alpinist. For Thirty ...

IN THIS ISSUE, Holly Haworth peels back the world’s skin in “Bodies of Knowledge.” Katrina Vandenberg explores how a flower became our companion in the dark. In “Bayou Sutra,” Emily Sekine finds home ...

IN THIS ISSUE, we gather a selection of writers and artists whose experiences broaden our understanding of sickness and disability, to foster a conversation among them about how the body informs our ...

Brian Doyle (1956-2017) was the longtime editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He was the author of six collections of essays, two nonfiction books, two collections of ...

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On the collective genius of Jason Molina’s Magnolia Electric Co.

ONE DAY, a man named Walter Bennett walked into my Aspen, Colorado, office holding a laptop. He was in his mid- to late fifties, with a graying crew cut, wearing khakis and a button-up shirt. He ...

APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, and we want to celebrate it with you! What follows is a list of, and a few lines from, twelve poems that we’ve published over the years and can’t stop thinking about.