Tag: june 2024
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Orion’s Belt June 2024 Cover
Two moons shine on opposite sides of the starry indigo sky in an ethereal cover for this issue of Orion’s Belt. Get access
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The Sail by Ian Li (June 2024 Poetry)
Far off the coast, the Great Sail stands in the ocean and stretches into the sky, where stars keep it company and the sun takes care not to knock it over. My mother teaches me to judge time from the Sail’s infinite shadow; my father recounts tales of royalty and explorers paying their respects— yet…
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Oak for Her Bones, Alder for Her Limbs by Anne Leonard (June 2024 Story)
The other girls in the village had only to smile at a boy for their wombs to quicken, it seemed, but I conceived no children no matter how many lovers I took to my bed. At first this was a relief, but as I grew older it was a loneliness. So I decided to fashion…
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Orion’s Belt Interview: Ian Li (June 2024)
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…