Episode 281: Susan Orlean Tackles Ledes, Generating Story Ideas, and 'On Animals' image
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Episode 281: Susan Orlean Tackles Ledes, Generating Story Ideas, and 'On Animals'
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Susan Orlean is the best selling author of The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, and The Orchid Thief. She's a staff writer for The New Yorker and her latest collection is On Animals.

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