State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America

<p>See America with 50 of Our Finest, Funniest, and Foremost Writers Anthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey</p><p>Dave Eggers tells it straight: <em>Illinois is Number 1</em> </p><p>Louise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota </p><p>Jonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York's publicist...and personal attorney...and historian...and geologist</p><p>John Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a "Massachusettsean"</p><p>Edward P. Jones makes the case: <em>D.C. should be a state!</em> </p><p>Jhumpa Lahiri declares her reckless love for the Rhode Island coast</p><p>Rick Moody explores the dark heart of Connecticut's Merritt Parkway, exit by exit </p><p>Ann Patchett makes a pilgrimage to the Civil War site at Shiloh, Tennessee</p><p>William T. Vollmann visits a San Francisco S&M club and Many More!</p>