Goody Two-Shoes open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

The Perils of Packing, Unpacked open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

Susan Orlean's 'Orchid Fever' will be 30 years old next year. 30. And still one of my favourite pieces of narrative non-fiction to date: newyorker.com/magazine/1995/…

For Whom the Bell Tolls open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

The Way the World Works open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

Velvet in Winter, Eyelet in Summer open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

The Single Most Horrible Thing You Will Read Today open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

Dollars and Nonsense open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

Little Wing Trailer: Brian Cox and Brooklynn Prince Bond over a Stolen Pigeon in Coming-of-Age Tale (Exclusive) people.com/brian-cox-broo… via People

Greatest Hits: King of the Road open.substack.com/pub/susanorlea…

Wordy Bird is officially a Substack Bestseller!
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Thank you all for continuing to follow me here. I’m not really posting on this platform anymore. You can find me on Threads (often) and on Bluesky (less often). I hope you’ll join me there!

.@SusanOrlean spent time with two pigeon racers during a 2005 racing season and learned a marvellous and problematic thing about homing pigeons: they almost never move. nyer.cm/hnwB5FC

By accident I just had a clip from Fox News playing at the same time as donkeys braying. TOTALLY BY ACCIDENT. I must be a genius.

What’s been going on over here? Anything fun? I haven’t been able to log on for two weeks but finally broke through. Hi!

So long and farewell and thank you all for many years of delight here. I’m on Threads and Bluesky and Post, for now. Come see me and take care! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

“What doomed the Instant Pot? How could something that was so beloved sputter?” @SusanOrlean writes. “Business schools may someday make a case study of one of Instant Pot’s vulnerabilities, namely, that it was simply too well made.” nyer.cm/q3LnAqV

.@SusanOrlean pays her respects to the Instant Pot—or rather, “to that innocent moment when the Instant Pot seemed like it would finally answer every culinary prayer and make cooking dinner a snap.” nyer.cm/TXsfUTh

Even if it wasn’t a great org (which it is!), it would be worth donating to Academy for Teachers just to get these short stories by Susan Orlean Maira Kalman Liza Donnelly Carl Safina Alexandra Horowitz Rebecca Makkai and more!