The First Step in Going for a Run Is Putting on Your Clothes

But this isn’t a column about running, it’s about writing

Susan Orlean

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Some years back, I decided I wanted to run a marathon. I had just started running and could squeak out two or three miles at best. I’m not sure what made me think I could ratchet that up to twenty-six miles, but I was determined. I bought new shoes and a book that…

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Susan Orlean

Staff writer, The New Yorker. Author of The Library Book, The Orchid Thief, and more…Head of my very own Literati.com book club (join me!)