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See America with Fifty of Our Finest, Funniest, and Foremost Writers.

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See America with Fifty of Our Finest, Funniest, and Foremost Writers.

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

State by State

A Panoramic Portrait of America: 50 Writers on 50 States

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray, Tanya Eby

Publication date Mar 17, 2020

Running time 24 hrs

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