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    -AUTHOR SITE: SusanOrlean.com
    -WIKIPEDIA: Susan Orlean
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    -ESSAY: Shoot the Moon (Susan Orlean, March 22, 1993, The New Yorker)
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    -PODCAST: Episode 533: Susan Orlean on Her ‘Best’ Rejection, Coming Up with Ideas, and Letting the Reporting Meander (Brendan O'Meara, June 2026, Creative Nonfiction Podcast)
    -PODCAST: Susan Orlean's 'Joyride: A Memoir': Susan Orlean joins the podcast to talk about her new book 'Joyride: A Memoir,' her literary career, and the state of journalism today (LARB Radio Hour, January 9, 2026)
    -PODCAST: Poured Over: Susan Orlean on Joyride (Isabelle McConville, November 20, 2025, B and N Reads)
    -PODCAST: Unusual Love Stories: Traveling Unprepared With Susan Orlean: Author Susan Orlean talks travel romance, burning books, and how ditching the itinerary can make a trip better. (Atlas Obscura, September 8, 2025)
    -PODCAST: How the “Tiger Lady” Profoundly Changed Susan Orlean: In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast (First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing, February 28, 2022, LitHub)
    -PODCAST: Susan Orlean on Writing the Story of a Life Well Lived (From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, November 24, 2025)
    -PODCAST: “Is This Really a Good Idea?” Susan Orlean on Getting Over Her Own Skepticism : In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast (Thresholds, November 3, 2021)
    -PODCAST: Ep 591 - The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean (Overdue, May 22, 2023)
    -REVIEW: of On Animals By Susan Orlean (Christine Baleshta, Washington Independent Review of Books)
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    -REVIEW: Joyride by Susan Orlean review – an extraordinary, curious life: An exuberant, inspiring memoir from the New Yorker writer and author of The Orchid Thief (Mythili Rao, 12 Dec 2025, The Guardian)
    -REVIEW : of Joyride by Susan Orlean (Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward, Open Letters Review)
    -REVIEW: Exploring the Highs and Lows of the Writing Life in Susan Orlean’s Eloquent ‘Joyride’ (Lee Polevoi, March 04, 2026, Highbrow)
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