{"product_id":"state-by-state-a-panoramic-portrait-of-america-isbn-9780061470912","title":"State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A funny, moving, rousing collection, greater than the sum of its excellent parts.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, \u003cem\u003eState by State\u003c\/em\u003e is a panoramic portrait of America and an appreciation of all fifty states (and Washington, 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 \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). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eSee America with 50 of Our Finest, Funniest, and Foremost Writers Anthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave Eggers tells it straight: \u003cem\u003eIllinois is Number 1\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York's publicist...and personal attorney...and historian...and geologist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a \"Massachusettsean\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward P. Jones makes the case: \u003cem\u003eD.C. should be a state!\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJhumpa Lahiri declares her reckless love for the Rhode Island coast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Moody explores the dark heart of Connecticut's Merritt Parkway, exit by exit \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn Patchett makes a pilgrimage to the Civil War site at Shiloh, Tennessee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam T. Vollmann visits a San Francisco S\u0026amp;M club and Many More!\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. 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