Reposted by Susan OrleanJaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Wrote a bit about this year's edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - and posted the Notables jaimealyse.beehiiv.com/p/basnw25 25510
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 19/03/2025He’s surely going to go after libraries and he will find out fast that people don’t like that, no they do not. 1115212
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I can’t stand even reading the headlines these days. 61665
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 12/02/2025open.substack.com/pub/susanorl...open.substack.comAn EducationLearning while teaching 4335
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Writing this one cracked me up: susanorlean.Substack.comsusanorlean.substack.comWordy Bird | Susan Orlean | SubstackA 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. 2352
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 01/02/2025open.substack.com/pub/susanorl...open.substack.comAll in the FamilyRelatives are a relative thing 1250
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I’m on my way to Panama! If war breaks out while I’m there please come get me. 161367
Reposted by Susan OrleanColleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 27/01/2025www.ala.org/news/2025/01... 📚ala.orgALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are realThe 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... 17827
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 25/01/2025My most recent Substack is especially meaningful to me. I’d be thrilled if you read it. Susanorlean.substack.comsusanorlean.substack.comWordy Bird | Susan Orlean | SubstackA 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. 9563
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 25/01/2025The speed with which companies are abandoning DEI is a clue about how shallow their commitment to it ever was. 572728408
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 18/01/2025A 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! 111608
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I think this is going to be one of those days. 7762
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 15/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/susanorl...open.substack.comThe Burning BookFire and Los Angeles, entwined 4377
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 13/01/2025It’s 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 we’re safe. I’ve written in more detail at susanorlean.substack.comsusanorlean.substack.comWordy Bird | Susan Orlean | SubstackA 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. 51236
Reposted by Susan OrleanNancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Plus 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 fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...fritinancy.substack.comWord of the week: RawdogAnd a few words about the Los Angeles fires. 0101
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Wind is roaring like a beast here. We aren’t really close to any of the fires but we’re worried our windows might blow out: It’s that intense. 151332
Reposted by Susan OrleanMalcontent News @malcontentnews.bsky.social · 08/01/2025The Palisades Fire from a a flight landing at LAX, approaching Santa Monica, California. 1153097957
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Wow I worded my request so poorly! I am looking for folks who need help organizing something like… a closet. Or toys. Or a drawer. 7241
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Do you have an organization challenge you’d like help tackling? Would you be willing to talk about it on a podcast? Reply here or as a DM and let’s talk! 4175
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Aboard United flight from Newark to Delhi and I am so excited! 10970
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I’ve been reduced to eating chocolate chips for dessert, straight out of the package, like some kind of fucking animal 301763
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 06/12/2024In particular, insurance for profit. How can that not go sideways? 3680
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It’s not that I don’t want to read. I want to read stories about real people and real things, not politics. 312625
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I guess the cratering of viewership on MSNBC suggests I’m not alone in this. 8661
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Also, 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 news—at least political news. 71543
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Since the election I’ve found it hard to read the news. It’s not that I don’t care, but I think I want to distance myself. I’ve never experienced this before. It’s not a pleasant feeling. 392588
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I think things went to hell once people started writing “your” when they meant “you’re”. 1413415
Reposted by Susan OrleanGeoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Massive away win for the little fella. 573584029608
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Someone at Sonos clearly said, Is there any way we can make this app totally confusing and also not work? Yay, we did it! 71132
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 02/12/2024myfivethings.com/class/writin... C’mon! Let’s talk!myfivethings.comWriting a MemoirJoin acclaimed journalist and author Susan Orlean in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of h... 0363
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I haven’t been on a flight in at least a year that wasn’t totally full. There simply aren’t any empty seats. 4500
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I’m flying home Saturday night rather than Sunday and so far it’s pretty civilized. Tomorrow the Kraken is unleashed. 2551
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I still get a little weepy remembering when I taught my little baby son how to Rickroll. It was a very special moment. 8652
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I’m so glad Rickrolling has survived the ages. 1418411
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 28/11/2024open.substack.com/pub/susanorl...open.substack.comThankfulToday and every day 0261
Reposted by Susan OrleanAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I am so fucking thankful for public libraries!! 235845
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Come join me for a talk about memoirs or else myfivethings.com/class/writin...myfivethings.comWriting a MemoirJoin acclaimed journalist and author Susan Orlean in this live, two-hour class and discover the Five Things She’s Learned while writing her forthcoming memoir, and about the approaches sure to be of h... 0334
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 27/11/2024We 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. 121756
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 26/11/2024I just watched the NatGeo tsunami docuseries and it worked: I no longer have any desire to be in a tsunami. 1638111
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social · 25/11/2024My new thing is to be super-offended when someone leaves me out of their starter pack 2347921
