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Susan Orlean retweeted
9 Dec 2025
Save the date! Los Angeles Review of Books is thrilled to present an evening with acclaimed journalist and writer @susanorlean.
Tickets on sale soon; find out more about how you can donate to our end of year drive to secure your spot today: lareviewofbooks.org/event/su…
ALT A save the date for LARB's Luminary Dinner with Susan Orlean on 1/24/2026
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Susan Orlean retweeted
10 Dec 2025
Bestselling author @susanorlean has some advice for anyone with an idea.
Approach creativity like online shopping: put it in your cart and then forget about it.
If it comes back, it may have been meant to be.
Check out more from How Success Happens with host @DanBova1: bit.ly/3XJNhox
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Susan Orlean retweeted
29 Nov 2025
Susan Orlean has written some great, sparkling magazine stories for The New Yorker.
She was also an extra in "The Deer Hunter."
Full interview: open.spotify.com/episode/5pG…
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Susan Orlean retweeted
29 Oct 2025
Links...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7lC…
YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=oiR0amcC…
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Susan Orlean retweeted
29 Oct 2025
Susan Orlean writes non-fiction books that read like novels. She's the author of nine books and writes for The New Yorker, and in this interview, she breaks down exactly how she does it.
Timestamps:
0:27 How to structure stories
4:06 Susan's index card method
7:20 How to hook readers
11:01 What do good stories look like?
23:11 How Susan got her 1st book deal
29:54 Editing your own writing
37:30 Susan's worst writing habits
42:45 Depth vs. width in book topics
55:04 Does structure kill creativity?
1:02:27 Why libraries matter
I've shared the full interview with @susanorlean below. If you'd rather watch on YouTube or listen on Apple / Spotify, check out the reply tweets.
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