Curtis McHaleThe Library Book - Susan Orlean
Orlean weaves a story about modern libraries through the story of a massive fire on the Los Angeles Library where it lost 400,000 books. While that was one huge acute problem for a single library, Orl...
The Christian Science MonitorTo this master of narrative nonfiction, something extraordinary is waiting under every rock, beckoning her to look closer. #SusanOrlean #books #nonFiction #memoire
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The New YorkerThe Making of “Adaptation”
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-making-of-adaptation
Dan O'NeillLive interview at PLNU this evening. Great program and authors #nickhornby #susanorlean
Quick Quotes“I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.”
― Susan Orlean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Orlean
Out of Context Podcast Quotes"And at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the only American military dogs were a few dozen huskies in Alaska." - SUSAN ORLEAN, Animal Sacrifice, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #AnimalSacrifice #SusanOrlean
“I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.”
― Susan Orlean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Orlean
JJ BlueNext up, a little L.A. history written by #SusanOrlean, “The Library Book”.
http://www.susanorlean.com/author/books/the-library-book/
#Books #bookstodon #reading #history #losangeles
http://www.susanorlean.com/author/books/the-library-book/
#Books #bookstodon #reading #history #losangeles