The mighty Robert Birnbaum chats up Susan Orlean, and topcis include "the origin of her name, being a New Yorker, Des Moines Iowa, or Dubuque, the New Yorkishness of the New Yorker (magazine), her Rin tin tin book project, what earmarks a New Yorker story, her dog cookbook, liking dogs, the differing commitments of writing a magazine piece and a book, writing's emotional imperatives, Rin Tin Tin or Lassie, the Orchid Thief, Best American Essays (2005), Robert Atwan, renaissance in small literary magazines, and the future of literature."
Hmmm ...
Posted by: Kay Richardson | June 20, 2006 at 11:34 AM