November/December 2009
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Feature
Barley and Yaks
by Edward Hoagland
Lasting impressions from a jaunt across China, in the company of those who live in the culture’s shadows.
Feature
Contested Ground
by Charles Bowden
Photographs by Michael P. Berman
How history betrays reality, and power obscures everything under the sun.
Feature
Condemned to Memory
Paintings and text by Matty Byloos
A photograph is only the beginning of remembering.
Sacred & Mundane
Sacred & Mundane
In this regular department, some short takes:
"Vanilla Sound," by Ginger Strand
"Eating the Neighbors," by Riger Pinckney
Instructions on how to swinge a possum
"Nature Moves Back In," by Christian McNeil
Artist Bob Johnson's RiverCubes
"Charismatic Megapixels," by Emily Young
Coda
Speaking in Place
by Marissa Landrigan
Small Change
Take the Plunge
by Bill McKibben
Creative outbursts of activism are more than fun, they’re necessary.
Making Other Arrangements
Making Other Arrangements
by Orion Readers
In this ongoing feature, Orion readers profile people and organizations that are "making other arrangements" in response to peak oil and the threats of climate change. In this issue:
"Sustainable Sovereignty," by James Treat, about the Wilson Indian Community
"Pools of Hope," by John Manuel, about water gardens
Each Other — Where We Are
Ecological Inheritance
by Sandra Steingraber
How we live can shape our descendants.
To be posted online December 3rd.
Reviews
A Paradise Built in Hell
The Big Burn
Naming Nature
The Blue Plateau
Heart of Dryness
Poetry
Bat by Cleopatra Mathis
Going There by Colleen J. McElroy
Winter Lemons by Alberto Ríos
Probably, Then by Christian Anton Gerard
