Their fascinating, morbid jewelry was beautiful and repulsive, but I couldn’t muster anything to say. I simply stood and ...

If you feel like you’re outgrowing your life (and really, who among us hasn’t at some point?), never fear, your body will ...

Recently diagnosed with a kidney disease guaranteed to shorten her life, a woman processes life and death through space and ...

Krankenhaus is German for “hospital.” Literally, sick house. You can’t look at the hospital environment from the eyes of someone who’s healthy. The less sick you are, the less the environment makes ...

The Name of Time: Forty origin stories for the anthropocene The Summer of 2022 marks Orion’s 40th anniversary, which means our Summer issue this year is something entirely new: The Name of Time: 40 ...

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There is no one quite like Jeff VanderMeer. With his naturalist’s eye, philosopher’s heart, and extreme imagination, the man can set a singular saturated mood–one that positively vibrates with life, ...

In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.

IN THIS ISSUE, Holly Haworth peels back the world’s skin in “Bodies of Knowledge.” Katrina Vandenberg explores how a flower became our companion in the dark. In “Bayou Sutra,” Emily Sekine finds home ...

In this issue of Orion, we chart a life punctuated by rituals—from childbirth to coming of age to marriage to burial—all written in the material of nature: leaves, flowers, fire, water, food, seeds, ...

In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.