{"product_id":"state-by-state-a-panoramic-portrait-of-america-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.28w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061470912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2009 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/18\/2009 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeiland, Matt:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt Weiland is the Deputy Editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He has been an editor at \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New Press\u003c\/em\u003e, and he oversaw a documentary radio unit at NPR. His writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the co-editor, with Sean Wilsey, of \u003cem\u003eThe Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup\u003c\/em\u003e and, with Thomas Frank, of \u003cem\u003eCommodify Your Dissent: The Business of Culture in the New Gilded Age\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilsey, Sean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSEAN WILSEY, \u003c\/strong\u003ethe author of a memoir, \u003cem\u003e Oh the Glory of It All\u003c\/em\u003e, and an essay collection, \u003cem\u003eMore Curious\u003c\/em\u003e, is at work on a translation of Luigi Pirandello's \u003cem\u003eUno, Nessuno e Centomila\u003c\/em\u003e for Archipelago Books and a documentary film about 9\/11, IX XI, featuring Roz Chast, Griffin Dunne, and many others (www.ixxi.nyc).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40846653096051,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":20.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b33cafa9-183a-453e-bec4-9f3f0e546b85.jpg?v=1686143119","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/state-by-state-a-panoramic-portrait-of-america-9780061470912","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}