Name: State by State By Matt Weiland
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State by State Summary

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America by Matt Weiland

Editors Sean Wilsey and Matt Weiland have turned to 50 of the finest, funniest, and foremost writers in America to create a state by state celebration of their country: Jonathan Franzen on New York, Louise Erdrich on North Dakota, Dave Eggers on Illinois, Ann Patchett on Tennessee, Jhumpa Lahiri on Rhode Island - the list goes on. At turns poignant and hysterical, and uniformly insightful, these fifty writers capture the beauty, the kitsch, the unexpected and the quintessential things that make America. There is something and someone in State by State for everyone. With a roster of bestsellers and award winners, from Ann Patchett to Rick Moody to Myla Goldberg, Wilsey and Weiland have culled the best of the best from the literary creme de la creme to write on something all Americans are interested in: our country.

State by State Reviews

[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. -- New York Times Book Review 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. -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Self-consciously modeled after state guides sponsored by the Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s, this ambitious effort features a terrific roster of writers. -- Kirkus Reviews Fascinating. -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Odds are, reading STATE BY STATE, that you'll fall for every state a little, even if they remain tremendously hard to explain. -- Los Angeles Times 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. -- Entertainment Weekly 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. -- New York Post Ideal nightstand reading and a welcome reminder of the pluribus behind the unum. -- Salon.com

About Matt Weiland

Matt Weiland is the Deputy Editor of The Paris Review. He has been an editor at Granta, The Baffler and The New Press, and he oversaw a documentary radio unit at NPR. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, New York Observer, The Nation and The New Republic. He is the co-editor, with Sean Wilsey, of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup and, with Thomas Frank, of Commodify Your Dissent: The Business of Culture in the New Gilded Age. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son. Sean Wilsey is the author of Oh the Glory of It All, a memoir, and the creator, with Tamara Shopsin, of a related Web site, ohtheglory.com. He is also an Editor-at-Large for McSweeney's, and the co-editor, with Matt Weiland, of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup.

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GOR011072256

ISBN 13

9780061470912

ISBN 10

0061470910

Title

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America by Matt Weiland

Author

Matt Weiland

Condition

Used - Like New

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Paperback

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Year published

20091101

Number of pages

608

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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

State by State Matt Weiland

State by State by Matt Weiland

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State by State Summary

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America by Matt Weiland

State by State Reviews

About Matt Weiland

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