Tuesday, September 23, 2008

oh the glory of it all



this sunday at book soup in w. hollywood, sean wilsey (mcsweeneys) and matt weiland (paris review) present a compilation of pieces for the 50 states, inspired by the WPA guide series.

some highlights from the list of contributors:

Alabama by George Packer
California by William T. Vollmann
Colorado by Benjamin Kunkel
Connecticut by Rick Moody
Florida by Joshua Ferris
Illinois by Dave Eggers
Maine by Heidi Julavits
Massachusetts by John Hodgman
Montana by Sarah Vowell

portland's powell's books made a short film featuring interviews with the authors

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