To this event, she wore a black, high-necked, short-sleeve top a black skirt with alternating panels of electric blue and a sort of forest print knee-high black boots a fresh and youthful makeup look that perfectly matched her energetic and engaging demeanor and her natural red hair down with a chunk of sea green coming from the back, underside portion. But I have to say, Susan Orlean can wear an outfit. I generally don’t notice too much about clothing and make a point to not notice women’s clothing in particular. And so-here are nine things I learned at “Susan Orlean in Conversation with Library Director Diane Kresh” at Arlington Public Library. In the spirit of libraries and sharing, I wanted to make what I learned available to the many who couldn’t attend. I learned more than I expected to at the event and even asked a question of my own about being a first-timer writing long-form fiction. If I was going to wait four hours, I might as well keep busy. So I packed a dinner in my space cat lunch box, grabbed my laptop and some books, and stowed my lap desk in my car. The author of The Library Book was coming to speak about it in conversation with the director of the library system. (And preferably one at the front, given that I’m only 5’0” and can’t see over others so well.) What was this event? Susan Orlean. The event had already been scheduled and canceled once due to weather and the interest was huge-so I knew I had to save myself plenty of time to be sure I could get a seat. The doors were scheduled to open at 5:30pm. Around 3:00pm on April 22, I headed to the central branch of my local library for a 7:00pm event.

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