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On surfer girls in Maui; the story that led to the film Blue Crush.
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On surfer girls in Maui; the story that led to the film Blue Crush.
Susan Orlean Outside Sep 1998 20min Permalink
A profile of a suburban New Jersey fifth-grader named Colin Duffy.
Susan Orlean Esquire Dec 1992 20min Permalink
From 1968-1973, the three teenage Wiggin sisters, guided by a domineering father, played their strange music at New Hampshire ballrooms and recorded a single album. The Philosophy of the World LP goes for over $500 today, but the intervening decades have not been kind to the Wiggins.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Sep 1999 20min Permalink
A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.
Susan Orlean Outside Dec 1996 25min Permalink
On spending your life among large felines.
Susan Orlean Smithsonian Jun 2015 20min Permalink
Spending time with the Tonya Harding Fan Club in the wake of the assault on Nancy Kerrigan.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Feb 1995 20min Permalink
“If I were a bitch, I’d be in love with Biff Truesdale. Biff is perfect. He’s friendly, good-looking, rich, famous, and in excellent physical condition. He almost never drools.”
Susan Orlean New Yorker Feb 1995 15min Permalink
The story of John Laroche, which led to Orleans’ The Orchid Thief, and tangentially, the film Adaptation.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Jan 1995 25min Permalink
On the empire built by “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Oct 2001 20min Permalink
On Bangkok’s Khao San Road.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Jan 2000 15min Permalink
On designer Jean Paul Gaultier and his inspirations.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Sep 2011 25min Permalink
A profile of Felipe Lopez, high school phenom.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Mar 1993 40min Permalink
War stories from the world of Manhattan real estate, written during an era when everybody knew the Internet would completely change the business and nobody quite knew how.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Feb 1999 20min Permalink
What does it take to win the World Taxidermy Championships?
Susan Orlean New Yorker Jun 2003 15min Permalink
An artist takes on “the umbrella problem,” which runs so deep the U.S. Patent Office has four full-time examiners dedicated solely to assessing ideas for umbrella improvement.
Susan Orlean New Yorker Feb 2008 20min Permalink