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Niela Orr
Niela Orr is a Deputy Editor of The Believer.
Gold Dust Woman
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One Life to Live
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Work in Process
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Didn’t They Almost Have It All?
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An Agreement Between the Seasons
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Long Time Woman
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Call for Help
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Interviews
An Interview with Samantha Irby
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Interviews
An Interview with Maxwell
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Interviews
Laetitia Sadier in Conversation with Victoria Legrand
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Reviews
Twilight Is a Mask Factory
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One Life to Live
Niela Orr
Jul 27 2021
There's an old-school rule about the technique of fiction writing that claims the first sentence of a story should tell its whole plot. I don’t believe in hard-and-fast rules ...Work in Process
Niela Orr
Jun 21 2021
The best thing about sports fandom is the sensation of living in a feel-good movie, as storylines develop in real time. Watching the 2016 NBA finals felt like seeing an ...Didn’t They Almost Have It All?
Niela Orr
Aug 9 2020
This essay was commissioned for Hive, a Longreads series about women and the music that has influenced them. It was edited by Danielle A. Jackson, who ...An Agreement Between the Seasons
Niela Orr
Jun 26 2020
In Philadelphia, we are accustomed to fire. Some Black Philadelphians think about it every May. Last month was the thirty-fifth anniversary of an event that has come to define ...Long Time Woman
Niela Orr
Jun 1 2020
Well 99 years is a long, long, long time99 years is such a long, long, long time99 years is a long, long timeWell look at me, I’ll never be freeI’m a long time woman—Pam ...Call for Help
Niela Orr
May 7 2020
“What cannot be mystified in Las Vegas must be contextualized.” —Dave Hickey Last month, Twin Peaks celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, just as it’s begun to ...An Interview with Samantha Irby
Niela Orr
Apr 1 2020
In the author photo that accompanies Samantha Irby’s new collection of essays, Wow, No Thank You. (which came out March 31, 2020), she’s wearing a black sweatshirt with the ...An Interview with Maxwell
Niela Orr
Jan 31 2020
In April 2019, Maxwell the musician was trilling on a piano to illustrate a point about human physiology and music. He was explaining that, when singing, he needs to feel as ...Laetitia Sadier in Conversation with Victoria Legrand
Niela Orr
Aug 1 2019
It’s rare to get to talk to purveyors of a thing that doesn’t really exist. Like neo soul after it, dream pop (or shoegaze) is a somewhat vexing term used to describe a genre ...Twilight Is a Mask Factory
Niela Orr
Sep 1 2017
