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Audio interviews with authors Jim Carrier, speak-
ing about the global world of shrimp commerce,
and Richard Louv, discussing children and nature.
Poetry readings by Elizabeth Bradfield, Mary Rose
O’Reilley, F. Daniel Rzicznek, and Ellen Doré Watson.
Author Jay Griffiths reading her article from this
issue, “Artifice v. Pastoral.”
Discussions where you may now immediately
share your thoughts about what you’ve read
in our pages.
Full text of selected articles from this issue, plus
our extensive archives.
And web-only features, including our Authors’
Reading Lists.
On the cover: Mattie, Bob, and Bo, Road Creek,
Custer County, Idaho, 2005. Photograph by
Laura McPhee from her new book River of No
Return. See review on page 74.
Coming soon in Orion
The Barbaric Heart— Curtis White thinks we are
all barbarians. And he means that in the nicest way.
But we really do need to try something different.
Lunch with Cheeta— Tarzan’s chimp—yes, that
one, from the movies—lives in Palm Springs. In a
house. Really.
The Little Turbine that Could— Tiny power
plants may return to the rivers of the Northeast. Is
this a good thing? Ginger Strand investigates.
A Cop in the Desert— Craig Childs tags along
with an old friend, a former Denver police officer
who works out his demons deep in canyon country.