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One That Does Not Wither
In Soil and Spirit, poet, farmer, and educator Scott Chaskey generously reflects on the natural world, his travels visiting growers around the country, and his insight into how we can build Continue reading
Milkweed and Orion
Milkweed and Orion have teamed up to bring readers stories that change their perspective, dig deeper, and inspire awe. Here are a few of them.
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An Archive of Black Memory
JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE IMPORTANT new essay collection, A Darker Wilderness edited by Erin Sharkey, and all its imaginative, vexing, joyful, and heartbreaking reflections about the explorations of Black Americans Continue reading
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Messengers from the Past
Priyanka Kumar’s “Messengers from the Past” is excerpted from Conversations with Birds. I. THE CROWN JEWEL OF OUR National Wildlife Refuge System, the Bosque del Apache, has been my annual pilgrimage Continue reading
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Begin, O Small Boy, to be Born
This piece is excerpted from The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water by Chris Dombrowski. The manifold radiance of an expectant mother: hips widened to the hilt, abrupt, Continue reading
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Thin Places
Kerri ní Dochartaigh’s memoir Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home, chronicles a childhood of trauma in Northern Ireland with aching honesty and lyrical prose. As we watch violence Continue reading