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In Hawaii, there are over 200 words for rain, all of which encourage a different relationship to the weather. Read Natalie Middleton’s piece, which meditatively takes you through just a tiny fraction of them. buff.ly/3XgxRbN

What's your latest persimmon moment? Experience Jesse Lee Kercheval's graphic short story, "Ripe Fruit" orionmagazine.org/article/ripe-f…

"Everything in this book, in one way or another, makes the reader shiver." — Victor LaValle Join an unnerving conversation Oct 2 @ 11 ET in celebration of "Unnatural Disasters" the latest anthology of Orion's scariest stories. orionmagazine.org/event-workshop…

In this insightful conversation, writer Christina Rivera and reporter Rosanna Xia discuss attuning ourselves to the ocean’s wisdom, being a “closeted eco-griever,” and finding new emotions beyond the “often-default binary between hope versus despair.” buff.ly/3WYv5GP

Ella Frances Sanders has been thinking about 木漏れ日 (komorebi) for more than ten years. buff.ly/3zwqBQc

Conservation biologist, Zhengyang Wang, peeks inside a Sichuan cocoonery, where jadeite-colored worms spin their dreams of wings into silk. Photographs by Xiaodong Sun. orionmagazine.org/article/silkwo…

Chris La Tray would rather be lost at space than at sea, because he “looks forward to a long, intimate, uninterrupted conversation with the stars.” Find out this and more in the latest edition of the Orion Questionnaire. buff.ly/4fVYrhQ

Nice short illustrated piece from Orion Magazine by Meredith Nemirov - Painting Iberian Oaks "An artist documents ancient green trees in a drought-ridden landscape" orionmagazine.org/article/painti…

Delight in the chaos of Jo Brichetto's "Sycamore Squeeze" orionmagazine.org/article/the-sy…

"The world asks to be seen. . . . But generally, we don’t want to look at postmenopausal women—or anyone forgetful, failing, broken, or in need of us to slow down." Katrina Vandenberg, Orion Magazine #longreads orionmagazine.org/article/monet-…

"So let's say green buds. Or wait, there aren't a lot of those, just one green bud might do, despite." Margaret E Atwood: Tell Me Something Good. orionmagazine.org/article/tell-m…

The rain makes all damp / I'm damp / the tent is damp Read the full poem by Street Roots poet Bronwyn Carver in Orion Magazine. We're honored to have partnered with Orion on an issue focused on first-person experiences of unhoused and displaced peoples orionmagazine.org/article/poetry…

One more day to register for Unnatural Disasters 10/2 @ 11 ET: an unnerving conversation between speculative authors Carmen Maria Machado & Victor LaValle. orionmagazine.org/event-workshop…

In preparation for tmw's convo between Victor LaValle and Carmen Maria Machado (don't forget to register) we're revisiting these illustrations created by Natsumi Chikayasu for flash mysteries in our Autumn 2021 issue.

Our convo between Victor LaValle and Carmen Maria Machado begins in a few minutes! orionmagazine.org/event-workshop…

Victor LaValle, Carmen Maria Machado, & rabid raccoons 🦝

It was a pleasure to develop and write this story for Orion; my first for the magazine:

Sending love to Appalachia, today and always. Rosalie Haizlett's new book, Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains, celebrates paying attention to the little things. Proceeds via her site this week will be donated to Appalachia Funders. Shop & support here: rosaliehaizlett.com/collections/bo…

That time a spooked kingfisher landed on Louise Erdrich's shoulder: orionmagazine.org/article/louise…