Books I’ve contributed to
State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
The Good City: Writers Explore 21st-Century Boston
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the New Yorker
Life Stories: Profiles From the New Yorker
The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence
Making Contact: Readings from Home and Abroad
Travelers’ Tales Japan: True Stories
The Best American Travel Writing 2001
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: he Years Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More
Best American Sports Writing 1996
Telling Stories/Taking Risks: Journalism Writing at the Century’s Edge
The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World
Introduced/Edited by
This Side of Paradise
Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, introduction by Susan Orlean
Flowers in Shadow: A Photographer Discovers a Victorian Botanical Journal
Photographs by Zeva Oelbaum, introduction by Susan Orlean
The Best American Travel Writing 2007
Edited and introduced by Susan Orlean
The Best American Essays 2005
Edited and introduced by Susan Orlean
The Best American Magazine Writing 2004
Introduced by Susan Orlean