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Susan Orlean
@susanorlean
Writer, writer, writer. Oh, I also write.
May 15, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Tom Wolfe has died. His work changed my life and convinced me to write nonfiction. Fare thee well, Tom. I carried a copy of Electric Acid Kool-aid Test with me throughout high school, dazzled by the idea that you could really write like that about real things.