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State by state : a panoramic portrait of America / edited by Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Ecco, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxi, 572 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0061470902
  • 9780061470905
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Contents:
Preface / by Matt Weiland -- Introduction / by Sean Wilsey -- Alabama / by George Packer -- Alaska / by Paul Greenberg -- Arizona / Lydia Millet -- Arkansas / by Kevin Brockmeier -- California / by William T. Vollmann -- Colorado / by Benjamin Kunkel -- Connecticut / by Rick Moody -- Delaware / by Craig Taylor -- Florida / by Joshua Ferris -- Georgia / by Ha Jin -- Hawaii / by Tara Bray Smith -- Idaho / by Anthony Doerr -- Illinois / by Dave Eggers -- Indiana / by Susan Choi -- Iowa / by Dagoberto Gilb -- Kansas / by Jim Lewis -- Kentucky / by John Jeremiah Sullivan -- Louisiana / by Joshua Clark -- Maine / by Heidi Julavits -- Maryland / by Myla Goldberg -- Massachusetts / by John Hodgman -- Michigan / by Mohammed Naseehu Ali -- Minnesota / by Philip Connors -- Mississippi / by Barry Hannah -- Missouri / by Jacki Lyden -- Montana / by Sarah Vowell -- Nebraska / by Alexander Payne -- Nevada / by Charles Bock -- New Hampshire / by Will Blythe -- New Jersey / by Anthony Bourdain -- New Mexico / by Ellery Washington -- New York / by Jonathan Franzen -- North Carolina / by Randall Kenan -- North Dakota / by Louise Erdrich -- Ohio / by Susan Orlean -- Oklahoma / by S. E. Hinton -- Oregon / by Joe Sacco -- Pennsylvania / by Andrea Lee -- Rhode Island / by Jhumpa Lahiri -- South Carolina / by Jack Hitt -- South Dakota / by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh -- Tennessee / by Ann Patchett --Texas / by Christina Henríquez -- Utah / by David Rakoff -- Vermont / by Alison Bechdel -- Virginia / by Tony Horwitz -- Washington / by Carrie Brownstein -- West Virginia / by Jayne Anne Phillips -- Wisconsin / by Daphne Beal -- Wyoming / by Alexandra Fuller -- Afterword: Washington, D.C. / a conversation with Edward P. Jones -- The 50 states in numbers.
Summary: The editors of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup collects original writings on all fifty states by leading novelists, journalists, and essayists, in a volume that includes such examples as Anthony Bourdain on New Jersey, Dave Eggers on Illinois, and Louise Erdrich on North Dakota.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"A funny, moving, rousing collection, greater than the sum of its excellent parts."

--New York Times Book Review

Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, State by State is a panoramic portrait of Americaand an appreciation of all fifty states (andWashington,D.C.) by fifty-one of the most acclaimed writers in the nation. Contributors include renowned and bestselling authors such as Louise Erdrich, Jonathan Franzen, Ann Patchett, Anthony Bourdain, William T. Vollmann, S.E. Hinton, Dave Eggers, Myla Goldberg, Rick Moody, and Alexander Payne. Inspired by the Depression-era WPA guides and awarded an "A" grade by Entertainment Weekly, these delightful essays on the American character deliver "the full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory" (The New Yorker).

Map on endpapers.

Preface / by Matt Weiland -- Introduction / by Sean Wilsey -- Alabama / by George Packer -- Alaska / by Paul Greenberg -- Arizona / Lydia Millet -- Arkansas / by Kevin Brockmeier -- California / by William T. Vollmann -- Colorado / by Benjamin Kunkel -- Connecticut / by Rick Moody -- Delaware / by Craig Taylor -- Florida / by Joshua Ferris -- Georgia / by Ha Jin -- Hawaii / by Tara Bray Smith -- Idaho / by Anthony Doerr -- Illinois / by Dave Eggers -- Indiana / by Susan Choi -- Iowa / by Dagoberto Gilb -- Kansas / by Jim Lewis -- Kentucky / by John Jeremiah Sullivan -- Louisiana / by Joshua Clark -- Maine / by Heidi Julavits -- Maryland / by Myla Goldberg -- Massachusetts / by John Hodgman -- Michigan / by Mohammed Naseehu Ali -- Minnesota / by Philip Connors -- Mississippi / by Barry Hannah -- Missouri / by Jacki Lyden -- Montana / by Sarah Vowell -- Nebraska / by Alexander Payne -- Nevada / by Charles Bock -- New Hampshire / by Will Blythe -- New Jersey / by Anthony Bourdain -- New Mexico / by Ellery Washington -- New York / by Jonathan Franzen -- North Carolina / by Randall Kenan -- North Dakota / by Louise Erdrich -- Ohio / by Susan Orlean -- Oklahoma / by S. E. Hinton -- Oregon / by Joe Sacco -- Pennsylvania / by Andrea Lee -- Rhode Island / by Jhumpa Lahiri -- South Carolina / by Jack Hitt -- South Dakota / by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh -- Tennessee / by Ann Patchett --Texas / by Christina Henríquez -- Utah / by David Rakoff -- Vermont / by Alison Bechdel -- Virginia / by Tony Horwitz -- Washington / by Carrie Brownstein -- West Virginia / by Jayne Anne Phillips -- Wisconsin / by Daphne Beal -- Wyoming / by Alexandra Fuller -- Afterword: Washington, D.C. / a conversation with Edward P. Jones -- The 50 states in numbers.

The editors of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup collects original writings on all fifty states by leading novelists, journalists, and essayists, in a volume that includes such examples as Anthony Bourdain on New Jersey, Dave Eggers on Illinois, and Louise Erdrich on North Dakota.

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