Reader's Corner
Reveling in and discussing ideas and books, together.
- What We're Reading
Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
When the first issue of Orion appeared, in the summer of 1982, the magazine ran with an editorial…
Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Humankind
Reading anything by Gene Logsdon, the “contrary farmer” as he is best known, is always…
Benjamin Percy's Novel The Wilding
We are pleased to make note of and celebrate publication of Benjamin Percy’s The Wilding…
Kimiko Hahn's Toxic Flora
A brand new book this spring that also meshes science and poetry is Kimiko Hahn’s book Toxic…
Linda Gregerson's Magnetic North
I am constantly reading poetry, and yet it always seems I am barely scratching the surface of what…
Kettle Bottom, by Diane Gilliam Fisher
I was recently pleased to discover Diane Gilliam Fisher’s poetry collection Kettle Bottom…
Jamie Goldenberg on Danica Novogorodoff’s Slow Storm
Danica Novogorodoff’s Slow Storm reads like a poem and flows like a film.
Early…
Keri Hulme's The Bone People
How this novel came to be is a story in its own right. Author Keri Hulme, a Maori, wrote nightly after…
Chris Nye on The Self-Organizing Revolution
While school boards and educrats in Washington and across the country have been wringing their hands…
