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Books I’ve contributed to

State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

The Good City: Writers Explore 21st-Century Boston

The Good City: Writers Explore 21st-Century Boston

Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the New Yorker

Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the New Yorker

Life Stories: Profiles From the New Yorker

Life Stories: Profiles From the New Yorker

The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence

The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence

Literary Journalism

Literary Journalism

Making Contact: Readings from Home and Abroad

Making Contact: Readings from Home and Abroad

Travelers' Tales Japan: True Stories

Travelers’ Tales Japan: True Stories

The Writer's Presence

The Writer’s Presence

The Best American Travel Writing 2001

The Best American Travel Writing 2001

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: he Years Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More

Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: he Years Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country, and More

Best American Sports Writing 1996

Best American Sports Writing 1996

Telling Stories/Taking Risks: Journalism Writing at the Century's Edge

Telling Stories/Taking Risks: Journalism Writing at the Century’s Edge

The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World

The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World

 

Introduced/Edited by

This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise
Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, introduction by Susan Orlean

Flowers in Shadow: A Photographer Discovers a Victorian Botanical Journal

Flowers in Shadow: A Photographer Discovers a Victorian Botanical Journal
Photographs by Zeva Oelbaum, introduction by Susan Orlean

The Best American Travel Writing 2007

The Best American Travel Writing 2007
Edited and introduced by Susan Orlean

The Best American Essays 2005

The Best American Essays 2005
Edited and introduced by Susan Orlean

The Best American Magazine Writing 2004

The Best American Magazine Writing 2004
Introduced by Susan Orlean

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