Orion Staff Recommends: 10 Books for Fall 2022
Sweater weather is nearly upon us, which means anytime is the right time to curl up with a good new book. Whether you’re into animals or activism, curses or climate change, Continue reading
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The Literature of the Underground
Orion‘s Autumn issue is about finding the wildness in walls, borders, and land that belongs to no one. And what’s more wild and uncharted than the cavernous worlds beneath our feet? Continue reading
First Look: The Language of Trees
Inspired by her love of forests, environmental activism, and the medieval Ogham alphabet which used characters called feda, “trees,” or nin, “forking branches,” due to their shape, artist Katie Holten created Continue reading
‘The Metamorphosis’ Transforms with This Charming Translation
After years of Richard Dawkins-like grumpiness, I finally revisited Kafka’s The Metamorphosis through Susan Bernofsky’s 2014 translation and discovered it as a whole new creature: sweet, charming, curious, and terrifyingly realistic. Continue reading
Seeing the Future
This interview is from a discussion at Elliot Bay Book Company, edited for concision. Jon Raymond: Your book (Believers) is an amazing series of portraits of people who are finding practical Continue reading