Nov 27th, 2008 · Today is a day to give thanks, and a lot of people are returning to their home state to meet with family and friends. Matt Wieland, the co-editor of a new book entitled State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America talks about the project, along with contributors Susan Orlean and Randall Kenan about what they love about living in Ohio and North Carolina.
Dec 30th, 2007 · Jacki Lyden does some armchair traveling with writer Susan Orlean, the editor of The Best American Travel Writing 2007. The book includes dispatches from locales as exotic as the back alleys of Beijing and as peculiar as a toilet.
Dec 27th, 2005 · Commentator Susan Orlean visits a craft store near Boston to talk to crafters about why they do what they do. She encounters the store's craft guru, whose job it is to teach crafting, and to counsel those crafters who are stuck.
Sep 30th, 2005 · As a stadium anthem, it's not exactly "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Susan Orlean visits Boston's Fenway Park to unlock the secret connection between the Red Sox, their loyal fans and singer Neil Diamond's 1969 hit.