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Welcome to a New Literary Magazine, The Common

Posted by Scott Walker | April 26, 2011

There’s always something exciting about a Volume 1, Number 1, especially one so beautiful as…

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The Heart of the Monster

Posted by Scott Gast | March 07, 2011

Some of the world’s largest oil companies are transporting gargantuan mining equipment to the…

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Your Green Abode: a Practical Guide to a Sustainable Home

Posted by Scott Walker | December 05, 2010

We are pleased to note the publication of this book, by Orion‘s former Managing Editor…

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The Charles Bowden Reader

Posted by Scott Gast | October 18, 2010

If the best writing doesn’t flinch, reading Charles Bowden is to have your eyelids pulled back.…

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The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love

Posted by Scott Walker | October 12, 2010

New York City freelancer went to Pennsylvania to interview a farmer; she ended up moving with him…

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Dog Walks Man: A Six-Legged Odyssey

Posted by Scott Walker | October 05, 2010

Dog Walks Man


Dogs and people have been together for a long, long time. The most recent…

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Noted: The Dance Boots

Posted by Scott Walker | September 16, 2010

This collection of linked stories, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction,…

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America Through the Lens of Its Company Towns

Posted by Scott Walker | September 07, 2010

Orion is based in the Northeast, among many “ghost towns” that are stunned and…

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Celebrating an UnOILed Florida Coast

Posted by Scott Walker | August 17, 2010

UnspOILed: Writers Speak for Florida’s Coast
Edited by Susan Cerulean, Janisse…

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Climate Change, Made Personal

Posted by Scott Walker | August 12, 2010

The journalists and photographers of Collectiv Argos spent four years documenting the effects of climate…

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