Susan Orlean
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Pencil pusher
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Jaime Green
5 months ago
Wrote a bit about this year's edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - and posted the Notables
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Heās surely going to go after libraries and he will find out fast that people donāt like that, no they do not.
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I canāt stand even reading the headlines these days.
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An Education
Learning while teaching
https://open.substack.com/pub/susanorlean/p/an-education?r=1j5l6
about 1 year ago
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Writing this one cracked me up:
susanorlean.Substack.com
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Wordy Bird | Susan Orlean | Substack
A few thoughts on what I'm wearing, words I'm writing, and the world we wander. Click to read Wordy Bird, by Susan Orlean, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
https://susanorlean.Substack.com
about 1 year ago
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All in the Family
Relatives are a relative thing
https://open.substack.com/pub/susanorlean/p/all-in-the-family?r=1j5l6
about 1 year ago
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Iām on my way to Panama! If war breaks out while Iām there please come get me.
about 1 year ago
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Enough with the plagues, LA.
about 1 year ago
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Colleen T
about 1 year ago
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ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real
The American Library Association responds to the Department of Education's dismissal of complaints about censorship and discrimination: the "effort to terminate protections... advances the demonstrabl...
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/01/book-bans-are-real
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My most recent Substack is especially meaningful to me. Iād be thrilled if you read it.
Susanorlean.substack.com
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Wordy Bird | Susan Orlean | Substack
A few thoughts on what I'm wearing, words I'm writing, and the world we wander. Click to read Wordy Bird, by Susan Orlean, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
https://Susanorlean.substack.com
about 1 year ago
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The speed with which companies are abandoning DEI is a clue about how shallow their commitment to it ever was.
about 1 year ago
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A while ago I thought about deleting my Make America Kittens Again plug-in, which replaces all photos of Trump in the NYTimee with pictures of kittens. Little did I know it would again become an essential quality-of-life item!
about 1 year ago
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I think this is going to be one of those days.
about 1 year ago
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The Burning Book
Fire and Los Angeles, entwined
https://open.substack.com/pub/susanorlean/p/the-burning-book?r=1j5l6
about 1 year ago
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Itās been a horrible week here in Los Angeles. So many friends have lost their homes. We were evacuated but are home now, and grateful that weāre safe. Iāve written in more detail at
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Wordy Bird | Susan Orlean | Substack
A few thoughts on what I'm wearing, words I'm writing, and the world we wander. Click to read Wordy Bird, by Susan Orlean, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
https://susanorlean.substack.com
about 1 year ago
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Nancy Friedman
about 1 year ago
Plus a personal note about the L.A. fires, with links to writing I admire by
@susanorlean.bsky.social
@meghandaum.bsky.social
@theatlantic.com
@sfstandard.com
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Word of the week: Rawdog
And a few words about the Los Angeles fires.
https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-rawdog
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Wind is roaring like a beast here. We arenāt really close to any of the fires but weāre worried our windows might blow out: Itās that intense.
about 1 year ago
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Malcontent News
about 1 year ago
The Palisades Fire from a a flight landing at LAX, approaching Santa Monica, California.
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Wow I worded my request so poorly! I am looking for folks who need help organizing something like⦠a closet. Or toys. Or a drawer.
about 1 year ago
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Do you have an organization challenge youād like help tackling? Would you be willing to talk about it on a podcast? Reply here or as a DM and letās talk!
about 1 year ago
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My New Year resolutions:
about 1 year ago
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I bought so much elephant stuff in India
about 1 year ago
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Pajamas with my name on āem methinks
about 1 year ago
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Aboard United flight from Newark to Delhi and I am so excited!
about 1 year ago
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Iāve been reduced to eating chocolate chips for dessert, straight out of the package, like some kind of fucking animal
about 1 year ago
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THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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J. MF Grant
about 1 year ago
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In particular, insurance for profit. How can that not go sideways?
about 1 year ago
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Insurance sort of doesnāt make sense to me.
about 1 year ago
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Itās not that I donāt want to read. I want to read stories about real people and real things, not politics.
about 1 year ago
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I guess the cratering of viewership on MSNBC suggests Iām not alone in this.
about 1 year ago
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Also, I think I was gobbling up so much news pre-election that I burned out. But also my disappointment and discouragement has made me turn away from newsāat least political news.
about 1 year ago
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Since the election Iāve found it hard to read the news. Itās not that I donāt care, but I think I want to distance myself. Iāve never experienced this before. Itās not a pleasant feeling.
about 1 year ago
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I think things went to hell once people started writing āyourā when they meant āyouāreā.
about 1 year ago
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Geoff Norcott
about 1 year ago
Massive away win for the little fella.
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Someone at Sonos clearly said, Is there any way we can make this app totally confusing and also not work? Yay, we did it!
about 1 year ago
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Cāmon! Letās talk!
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Writing a Memoir
Join acclaimed journalist and author Susan Orlean in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things Sheās Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of h...
https://myfivethings.com/class/writing-a-memoir/
about 1 year ago
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I havenāt been on a flight in at least a year that wasnāt totally full. There simply arenāt any empty seats.
over 1 year ago
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Iām flying home Saturday night rather than Sunday and so far itās pretty civilized. Tomorrow the Kraken is unleashed.
over 1 year ago
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I still get a little weepy remembering when I taught my little baby son how to Rickroll. It was a very special moment.
over 1 year ago
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Iām so glad Rickrolling has survived the ages.
over 1 year ago
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Thankful
Today and every day
https://open.substack.com/pub/susanorlean/p/thankful?r=1j5l6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
over 1 year ago
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Amy Ash
over 1 year ago
I am so fucking thankful for public libraries!!
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Happy Thanksgiving šš¦š½ to one and all!
over 1 year ago
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Santa looks drunk
over 1 year ago
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Come join me for a talk about memoirs or else
myfivethings.com/class/writin...
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Writing a Memoir
Join acclaimed journalist and author Susan Orlean in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things Sheās Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of h...
https://myfivethings.com/class/writing-a-memoir/
over 1 year ago
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We are such a polarized nation; a chasm divides us and rends the fabric of our society. But at least we all agree that the driver gets to control the radio.
over 1 year ago
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I just watched the NatGeo tsunami docuseries and it worked: I no longer have any desire to be in a tsunami.
over 1 year ago
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Now Iām super mad
over 1 year ago
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My new thing is to be super-offended when someone leaves me out of their starter pack
over 1 year ago
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