This week, our editors recommend stories by Carla Ciccone, Lex Pryor, Bhavya Dore, Michelle Cyca, and Casey Lyons.
Orion
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend longreads by Benjamin Wofford, Josh Dzieza, Evan Osnos, Alice Wong & Ed Yong, and Dan Kois.
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What Counts as Seeing
In this lovely conversation, activist Alice Wong and science journalist Ed Yong talk about the diversity of the natural world, the senses of organisms, ableism in science, the strangeness and unpredictability of sensory biology, and more. Many people knew this before, but the last three years have hammered home the fact that we cannot protect […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Plastic’s Broken Promise
“The first one I saw was on the path outside my house: a single white plastic glove, the fingers curled inward like a sleeping animal.”
Posted inReading List
Adventures in Solitude: A Reading List
Being alone, free of distraction, can be both a writer’s dream and a nightmare.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Learning to Live with a Panther in Your Backyard
“In the long run, the best thing for people and the best thing for wildlife will be the same.”
Posted inReading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, Cincinnati magazine, The New Yorker, 5280 Magazine, Orion, and the Washingtonian.