Non-fiction author spent Friday venting on social media.
Orlean kicked matters off with a sober tweet about her decision to pray for the cancer-stricken Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“It was not.

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He has tasted lifes infinite tragedy.
As I mentioned Earlier I am inebriated.”
she wrote soon afterwards.
“Maybe I am drinking too much during THE F—ING PANDEMIC,” she wrote next.
And then: “Im falling down drunk.
First time in ages.
Where is my kitty?
He is my drunk comfort animal.”
And then: “I would like some candy.”
Going to look for candy which I bet doesn’t exist.
This house godd@@ Min it."
“Susan Orlean’s current drunk-tweeting tear is honestly inspirational,“wrotejournalist Karen Han.
you could read Orlean’s full tweetstorm below.