Sara Omer: In “The Sail,” a curious protagonist is tempted into cosmic adventure upon the Great Sail, an epic feature jutting from the landscape that goes ignored by most when it its shadow isn’t being used to tell time. What inspired this poem? Ian Li: As a child, I associated ships with exploration and adventure. I […]
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Orion’s Belt May 2024 Cover
Enjoy the ethereal, mystical cover of this month’s issue of Orion’s Belt.
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Lessons from Ghibli by Joshua Fagan (Orions Belt Essay May 2024)
There are few companies that have become so famous simply from being so beloved as Studio Ghibli. The company behind films ranging from the sweetly lyrical My Neighbor Totoro to the sprawling and philosophical Princess Mononoke, Ghibli is the first name in Japanese animation. Back in the 90s, the only Americans who knew Ghibli were […]
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We’re All Mad Here by Marisca Pichette (Orion’s Belt Poetry May 2024)
Why did Alice cross the street? Broken teacups in her wake, baby blue dress torn cesarian scars, red light puddles looking like rabbit holes to nowhere. Punchline: she crossed to stop herself from running, she crossed to hide her tears (cry an ocean to drown in); she crossed hoping none would follow. Late, Alice. Later […]
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With the City on Her Shoulders by Carol Scheina (Orion’s Belt Fiction June 2024)
Before Mavis left home, she wrapped herself in the city. When the light hit her jacket just right, it flickered with swirls of boldly colored graffiti. As she rushed, her footsteps screeched like a rattling subway. On her shoulders, miniature, ghostly skyscrapers lit up like constellations each night. Mavis couldn’t fully leave her city behind, […]
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Orion’s Belt May 2024 Poetry Interview (Marisca Pichette)
Sara Omer: In “We’re All Mad Here,” Alice in Wonderland is reimagined as a story about abortion rights access. From the White Rabbit being “late” to the “hysteria” themes in the original tale, what connections between current rights issue and the classic story did you make? Marisca Pichette: This poem began with a simple change in […]
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Orion’s Belt Fiction Interview May 2024 (Carol Scheina)
Sara Omer: In “With the City on Her Shoulders,” the home city the protagonist grew up in comes to life on her, expressed in skyscraper epaulets and a graffiti-decorated jacket. The magic is so enchanting and cozy, bringing into starker contrast complex themes about place, belonging, and stereotyping. What inspired this idea of people carrying […]
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Orion’s Belt Interview: April 2024 (Lindsay King-Miller)
Sara Omer: “Apologia, on Forked Tongue” reimagines the classic tale of the dragon guarding the princess, but with Sapphic undertones and a monstrous maiden who eats heroes’ hearts. Do you have any advice on creating such rich complexity of character in a short space? Lindsay King-Miller: I find it really compelling to write a familiar character or […]
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Orion’s Belt Interview: Jennifer Skogen (April 2024)
Sara Omer: “Beautiful Dreamer” has a bittersweet, melancholic yet hopeful, ending. As a reader, do you find that happier or sadder endings linger longer with you? As a writer, which do you feel more compelled to explore, and how do you keep a balance that feels so poignant and emotionally believable? Jennifer Skogen: I always feel […]
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Apologia, on Forked Tongue by Lindsay King-Miller (Poetry April 2024)
they always try to catch me sleeping & that is their second mistake. dragons dream with our eyes open. at night I wind my body around her tower a nesting instinct, shelter for eggs I’ll never tend. my warmth sinks into stone. high above me blood is moving, a pulse I can’t hear and can’t […]
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