http://bookweek.tv/BookWeekhttp://bookweek.tv/http://bookweek.tv/domains/bookweek_tv/images/user/BuzzDriver Banner-3.GIFBookWeek2005 BookWeek, All Rights Reserved. http://bookweek.tv/index.cfm?module=news#217Author of 'The Orchid Thief' discusses her style of personal journalism with students at the University of New HampshireThu, 15 Sep 2005 7:42:00 AM EDTSusan Orlean stole into Durham, New Hampshire, and arrested an overflowing audience at the University of New Hampshire with tales of The Orchid Thief and her life as a non-fiction writer for The New Yorker and Esquire. She captivated her audience with readings from her travels with gospel singers, an essay titled Tainted Love and the story behind the making of Adaptations, the movie starring Meryl Streep based on The Orchid Thief, before concluding her virtuoso performance to resounding applause. Prize-winning fiction writer and UNH professor of english literature, Charlotte Bacon, who lured Susan Orlean to campus with promises of sugar candy, introduced Orlean to the packed audience at Murkland Hall.http://bookweek.tv/index.cfm?module=news#217