Susan Orlean with Leigh Calvez: On Our Relationship with Animals
Schedule
Fri Oct 15 2021 at 07:30 pm
Location
Town Hall Seattle | Seattle, WA
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Anatole France once said, “Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Susan Orlean’s soul has been awake a very long time, indeed.
The award-winning author brings forth On Animals, a collection of writings done throughout her illustrious career, about our relationship with animals. She brings a keen eye and a warm sensibility, to the animals we tame, and eat, and make our pets; animals that are wild and wondrous, and animals who could very well eat us. Orlean was 6-years-old when she wrote a book called Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon. She hasn’t stopped writing about animals since. The collection includes pieces on backyard chickens (of which she has a clutch), backyard tigers (one woman had twenty-three of them), famous whales, and hard-working donkeys. Delightful and profound, On Animals celebrates our collective existence in this soulful world.
Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1982. She is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation.
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