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I might have missed my calling as an editor. In the spring, the sight of my empty garden beds gives me the horticultural equivalent of writers' block: So much space! So many plants to choose among, and yet none of them seem quite right!
Susan Orlean
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Susan Orlean
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
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Cleveland
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