"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 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 Entertainment Weekly, these delightful essays on the American character deliver "the full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory" (The New Yorker).

--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 09/29/2009
ISBN: 9780061470912
Pages: 608
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.28w x 1.16d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 10/02/2009 pg. 63
New York Times Book Review 10/18/2009 pg. 24