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Book Notes
The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
New York City freelancer went to Pennsylvania to interview a farmer; she ended up moving with him…
Julia Whitty's Deep Blue Home
From the waters of Newfoundland to the Galapagos and Baja California, this new volume of gorgeous…
Noted: The Dance Boots
This collection of linked stories, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction,…
Benjamin Percy's Novel The Wilding
We are pleased to make note of and celebrate publication of Benjamin Percy’s The Wilding…
America Through the Lens of Its Company Towns
Orion is based in the Northeast, among many “ghost towns” that are stunned and…
Celebrating an UnOILed Florida Coast
UnspOILed: Writers Speak for Florida’s Coast
Edited by Susan Cerulean, Janisse…
Climate Change, Made Personal
The journalists and photographers of Collectiv Argos spent four years documenting the effects of climate…
Kimiko Hahn's Toxic Flora
A brand new book this spring that also meshes science and poetry is Kimiko Hahn’s book Toxic…
The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories
Former Orion board member Daniel Imhoff has edited this comprehensive look at “comprehensive…





