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- Kim Brown SeelyInterview
So many more: The Overstory by Richard Powers, The Library Book by Susan Orlean, The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, News of the World by Paulette Jiles, and an exquisite book just published by Fitzcarraldo Editions, Surrender by Joanna Pocock. For nature writing, one of my favorites is a gem, The Quarry Fox by Leslie T…
- Austin Kleon: A Writer Who DrawsInterview
I’m a former librarian and library evangelist, so The Library Book by Susan Orlean was the perfect thing for a trip to Los Angeles.
- The Best Non-Fiction Books of 2025Reading list
“The story of my life is the story of my stories,” Orlean writes, and she takes us on a journey from her scrappy days in alt-weeklies through her career-making pieces to working alongside publishing legends like Tina Brown and David Remnick. She writes about the collapse of her first marriage, falling in love again…
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