Search results
State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America is a collection of pieces about the United States, with one essay on each of the fifty states. It was conceived of and edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey.
- Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland
- 2008
Dagoberto Gilb (“The Flowers”) goes to the Iowa cornfields to report the experiences of Mexican immigrants. Edward P. Jones (“The Known World”) makes a persuasive case for D.C. statehood. Joshua Clark (“Heart Like Water”) goes ghost hunting in New Orleans.
Sep 16, 2008 · Sew it all together, and you have a portrait of the United States, but it's not one that would be endorsed by any state chamber of commerce. This is an unvarnished, true-to-life, sometimes full of praise, sometimes denigrating, and occasionally disturbing portrait of each of the 50 states—and it's a must-read.
- (1.3K)
- Hardcover
- Matt Weiland
Oct 11, 2008 · ONG after the journey ends, certain images refuse to fade. In Iowa, Dagoberto Gilb paints a field of American dreams — thick rows of corn from which migrant workers, two by two, slowly emerge ...
Sep 16, 2008 · With an array of revealing facts and figures comparing the 50 states in a range of surprising measures (toothlessness, military enlistment, suicide), State by State is more than an...
- Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey
- Harper Collins, 2008
- 0061470902, 9780061470905
Nov 1, 2009 · Synopsis. 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.
Sep 29, 2009 · 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.
