{"product_id":"state-by-state-a-panoramic-portrait-of-america-isbn-9780061470905","title":"State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America","description":"\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"\u003e“A funny, moving, rousing collection, greater than the sum of its excellent parts.” \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"\u003e \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"\u003eEdited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, \u003cem\u003eState by State\u003c\/em\u003e is a panoramic portrait of \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003eAmerica\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e and an appreciation of all fifty states (and \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eWashington\u003c\/st1:city\u003e, \u003cst1:state w:st=\"on\"\u003eD.C.\u003c\/st1:state\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e) 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 \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, these delightful essays on the American character deliver “the full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory” (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling editors of \u003cem\u003eThe Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup\u003c\/em\u003e comes an American road trip in book form: original writing on all 50 states by 50 of our finest novelists, journalists, and essayists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the example of the legendary WPA American Guide series of the 1930s and '40s, now 50 of our foremost writers have produced original pieces of reportage and memoir that capture the 50 states in our time, creating a fresh portrait of America as it lives and breathes today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt turns poignant and funny, and always insightful, these 50 writers tell us something lasting and revealing about each state through personal memory or contemporary reporting that captures the essential qualities that make each state its own. With an array of revealing facts and figures comparing the 50 states in a range of surprising measures (toothlessness, military enlistment, suicide), \u003cem\u003eState by State\u003c\/em\u003e is more than an anthology: It is a classic American road movie in book form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing original writing on all fifty states\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlabama by George Packer \u003cbr\u003eAlaska by Paul Greenberg \u003cbr\u003eArizona by Lydia Millet \u003cbr\u003eArkansas by Kevin Brockmeier \u003cbr\u003eCalifornia by William T. Vollmann \u003cbr\u003eColorado by Benjamin Kunkel \u003cbr\u003eConnecticut by Rick Moody \u003cbr\u003eDelaware by Craig Taylor \u003cbr\u003eFlorida by Joshua Ferris \u003cbr\u003eGeorgia by Ha Jin \u003cbr\u003eHawaii by Tara Bray Smith \u003cbr\u003eIdaho by Anthony Doerr \u003cbr\u003eIllinois by Dave Eggers \u003cbr\u003eIndiana by Susan Choi \u003cbr\u003eIowa by Dagoberto Gilb \u003cbr\u003eKansas by Jim Lewis \u003cbr\u003eKentucky by John Jeremiah Sullivan \u003cbr\u003eLouisiana by Joshua Clark\u003cbr\u003eMaine by Heidi Julavits \u003cbr\u003eMaryland by Myla Goldberg \u003cbr\u003eMassachusetts by John Hodgman \u003cbr\u003eMichigan by Mohammed Naseehu Ali \u003cbr\u003eMinnesota by Philip Connors \u003cbr\u003eMississippi by Barry Hannah \u003cbr\u003eMissouri by Jacki Lyden \u003cbr\u003eMontana by Sarah Vowell \u003cbr\u003eNebraska by Alexander Payne \u003cbr\u003eNevada by Charles Bock \u003cbr\u003eNew Hampshire by Will Blythe \u003cbr\u003eNew Jersey by Anthony Bourdain \u003cbr\u003eNew Mexico by Ellery Washington \u003cbr\u003eNew York by Jonathan Franzen \u003cbr\u003eNorth Carolina by Randall Kenan \u003cbr\u003eNorth Dakota by Louise Erdrich \u003cbr\u003eOhio by Susan Orlean \u003cbr\u003eOklahoma by S.E. Hinton \u003cbr\u003eOregon by Joe Sacco \u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania by Andrea Lee \u003cbr\u003eRhode Island by Jhumpa Lahiri \u003cbr\u003eSouth Carolina by Jack Hitt \u003cbr\u003eSouth Dakota by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh \u003cbr\u003eTennessee by Ann Patchett \u003cbr\u003eTexas by Cristina Henríquez\u003cbr\u003eUtah by David Rakoff \u003cbr\u003eVermont by Alison Bechdel \u003cbr\u003eVirginia by Tony Horwitz\u003cbr\u003eWashington by Carrie Brownstein \u003cbr\u003eWest Virginia by Jayne Anne Phillips \u003cbr\u003eWisconsin by Daphne Beal \u003cbr\u003eWyoming by Alexandra Fuller \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand an afterword on Washington, D.C.: A Conversation with Edward P. Jones\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Self-consciously modeled after state guides sponsored by the Federal Writers’ Project in the 1930s, this ambitious effort features a terrific roster of writers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[State by State] is a funny, moving, rousing collection, greater than the sum of its excellent parts, a convention of literary superdelegates, each one boisterously nominating his or her piece of the Republic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ideal nightstand reading and a welcome reminder of the pluribus behind the unum.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Odds are, reading STATE BY STATE, that you’ll fall for every state a little, even if they remain tremendously hard to explain.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This eclectic collection of essays describing the ordinary people and places within our 50 states is as essential as the Rand McNally atlas. Alternately brash and bashful...each literary foray in State by State is well worth the trip. Grade: A.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An enjoyable journey: 50 essays, cartoons and mini-plays, plus an afterward about Washington, DC and a fascinating appendix…all in all, it makes one yearn for a driver’s license and a stretch of open highway.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Travel can take many forms, and in State by State, a collection of 50 essays by 50 writers inspired by the 1930s Federal Writers’ Project, the individual journeys combine for an intimate and often abstract odyssey through America. . . . The range of this writing, whether set in land with amber waves of grain or purple mountain majesties, or nearer to the music-hearted sea, is impressive and almost always unexpected.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This fascinating collection, inspired by guides in the 1930s and 1940s, includes original essays on each of the states by some of the country’s finest (mostly younger) writers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It starts to become clear that how where we come from defines who we are is both intensely personal and ineffable, that it is a thing of memory, and it may come from the place that we have no right to call home but that we come to love. And odds are, reading State by State, that you’ll fall for every state a little, even if they remain tremendously hard to explain.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This eclectic collection of essays describing the ordinary people and places within our 50 states is as essential as the Rand McNally atlas. . . .  Alternately brash and bashful  (’You’re probably just skimming through this chapter on your way to Nevada,’  writes Nebraskan Alexander Payne), each literary foray in State by State is well worth the trip. Grade: A.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“ Some of the essays—including Jim Lewis’ brief fling with Kansas and Craig Taylor’s beautifully reported take on Delaware—are among the finest you’ll read all year. Ideal nightstand reading and a welcome reminder of the pluribus behind the unum.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalon.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889163727077,"sku":"NP9780061470905","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061470905.jpg?v=1730230656","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/state-by-state-a-panoramic-portrait-of-america-isbn-9780061470905","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}