Featuring stories by Michael Lewis, Patricia Wen, Ted Chiang, Katie Thornton, and Sarah Smarsh.
orion magazine
Protecting the Prairie
“On the native prairies of North America, green is the problem.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition, we recommend stories from Eli Saslow, Mitchell S. Jackson, Adam Ciralsky, Heidi Lasher, and Noah Rawlings.
What Happens When We Stop Remembering?
“I am seeking more precise guidance about what we must hold on to and what we must let go of.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Reads from Zefyr Lisowski, David Gessner, Susie Cagle, Brendan I. Koerner, and Athena Aktipis and Coltan Scrivner.
The Broken Clock
“It will no longer be enough to look back at what historically grew or lived in a place, but to anticipate, through modeling, what will be there next.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Rachel Greenley, Annalisa Quinn, Amit Katwala, Jamie Loftus, and Werner Herzog. (Yes, that Werner Herzog.)
The Atomic Disease
“Consider that Three Mile Island officials chose not to evacuate the surrounding community for days after the reactor meltdown.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re highlighting stories from Bryan Burrough, Josh Dzieza, Gabriella Paiella, Martha Lundin, and Patricia Marx.
The Day the Lake Took the Edmund Fitzgerald
“The bed of Lake Superior is part museum, part graveyard.”