# Susan Orlean: New Yorker writer and author of the new memoir, "Joyride."

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Podcast: [Two Writers Slinging Yang](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-writers-slinging-yang-662001)
Published: 2025-12-16T15:08:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-pearlman9/episodes/Susan-Orlean-New-Yorker-writer-and-author-of-the-new-memoir--Joyride-e3cdmp0
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Duration seconds: 3123

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On the keys to capturing your own life via memoir. On why this multi-city book tour will likely be her last. On how it feels to have a book become a major motion picture. On turning 70 as a scribe.

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