Susan Orlean

author

Guest

Author and staff writer for the New Yorker

Contact: Website

Susan Orlean on KCRW

On April 29, 1986, a fire raged through the Los Angeles Central Library. Nearly every firefighter in the city was there. It was the greatest loss to any public library in U.S.

Author Susan Orlean on the fire that nearly destroyed the LA Central Library

On April 29, 1986, a fire raged through the Los Angeles Central Library. Nearly every firefighter in the city was there. It was the greatest loss to any public library in U.S.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

One of the most unlistenable bands of the ‘60s became a cult favorite decades later, gaining praise from the likes of Frank Zappa, Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth.

Shaggs’ Own Thing: The Story of the Wiggin Sisters

One of the most unlistenable bands of the ‘60s became a cult favorite decades later, gaining praise from the likes of Frank Zappa, Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth.

from Lost Notes

From her early attraction to the Grateful Dead to the kinship she feels with The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and a master guitarist from Congo, Susan Orlean's song picks are diverse and deeply personal.

Susan Orlean

From her early attraction to the Grateful Dead to the kinship she feels with The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and a master guitarist from Congo, Susan Orlean's song picks are diverse and deeply personal.

from Guest DJ Project

More from KCRW

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp talks about her Life Still paintings

from Art Talk

Director Olivia Wilde talks directorial debut in "Booksmart".

from The Treatment

Last week, 'Jeopardy!' was in the headlines as contestant James Holzhauer ended his epic streak on the show.

from Screengrab

A stunning graphic novel by one of the medium’s greatest creators, Seth’s Clyde Fans is about people living in a memory fog, and the strange reverie that life takes on when one grows…

from Bookworm

Federal immigration authorities drop off busloads of Central American migrants daily in San Bernardino and the Coachella Valley, where a local church is picking up the slack.

from Greater LA

Santa Monica Airport is expected to close by 2028 and be replaced by a park, and this weekend the city will begin digging up both ends of the runway.

from Design and Architecture

Hundreds of thousands of folks in the LGBTQ community will party and parade in West Hollywood in the name of equality this weekend.

from Greater LA

Edward Goldman talks about mid-career solo exhibitions by two Los Angeles artists.

from Art Talk

Should you have the right to hasten your own execution?

from Here Be Monsters