Writers Talk featuring Susan Orlean

Thurber House guest and Ohioana award winner Susan Orlean discusses her books, including Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the LegendOhio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin

Susan Orlean, 28th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Susan Orlean became a staff writer for The New Yorker in 1992. She had been contributing both signed articles and “Talk of the Town” pieces since 1987. Prior to joining The New Yorker, Orlean was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and also at Vogue, where she wrote on numerous figures in both the music and fashion industries. Previously, she had been a columnist, first for the Boston Phoenix, and then for the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. She has also written for The New York Times Magazine, Spy, Esquire, and Outside. Orlean has written several books, including The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Ordinary People, a collection of stories which was released in January 2001; Red Sox and Blue Fish (1989), a compilation of columns she wrote for the Globe Sunday Magazine; Saturday Night (1990), a journal of essays which chronicle the Saturday nights she spent in communities across the country; The Orchid Thief (1999), a narrative about orchid poachers in Florida. The Orchid Thief has been made into the movie Adaptation, written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze

Pencuri Anggrek. : Kisah nyata tentang keindahan dan obsesi.

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Lecture: Author Susan Orlean

Shaker Library and the Shaker Schools Foundation present Susan Orlean, SHHS grad and author of The Library Book, who will speak about her love of libraries and the impact of books on her life. Susan Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights and graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1973, where she was editor in chief of the school’s yearbook, The Gristmill. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1976. She has written for the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Globe and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film, Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in upstate New York

Lecture: Author Susan Orlean

Shaker Library and the Shaker Schools Foundation present Susan Orlean, SHHS grad and author of The Library Book, who will speak about her love of libraries and the impact of books on her life. Susan Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights and graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1973, where she was editor in chief of the school’s yearbook, The Gristmill. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1976. She has written for the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Globe and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film, Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in upstate New York

The orchid thief

Buku ini merupakan kisah Susan Orlean yang sangat lucu, elegan, dan menawan tentang obsesi yang luar biasa. Bertekad untuk mengkloning bunga yang terancam punah ? anggrek hantu langka Polyrrhiza lindenii ? seorang pria yang sangat eksentrik dan menarik bernama John Laroche memimpin Orlean dalam tur tak terlupakan dari subkultur penjualan bunga aneh Amerika, melalui rawa-rawa Florida dan sekitarnya, bersama dengan Seminoles yang membantu dia dan kekuatan keadilan yang melawannya. Pada akhirnya, Orlean ? dan pembaca ? akan lebih menghormati tekad yang tidak diunggulkan dan definisi baru yang kuat tentang hasrat