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These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State Within the Union (Nation Books) Paperback – September 8, 2004

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In 1922, The Nation launched a series of forty-nine articles by a distinguished group of writers -- novelists, journalists, educators, social workers, lawyers, unionists, and maverick intellectuals -- each of whom was asked to contemplate his or her state of the union. Their essays were collected and published in a volume: These United States: Portrait of America from the 1920s. In 2002 Nation Books set out to create a contemporary portrait of America with the critic John Leonard as editor. Each contributor was asked to write 2,500 words on his or her state in the union. Every state will be represented, as well as New York City, Long Island, and Northern and Southern California. The results of this ambitious project are now being published together for the first time. Taken as a whole these essays form less a symposium than a remarkably evocative crazy-quilt of styles that reveal the many moods, apprehensions, complexities, and contradictions held within these United States. Some of the 115 confirmed contributors include: Charles Bowden, Arizona; Ana Castillo, Illinois; Jim Harrison, Michigan; Luc Sante, New Jersey; Tony Hillerman, New Mexico; Sherman Alexie, Washington; and Annie Proulx, Wyoming.

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John Leonard is the mixed media critic for CBX News Sunday Morning, reviews televison for New Yrk maazine and reviews books for Harpers and The Nation. He has been the editor of the New York Times Book Review and literary co-editor of The Nation. His books include Lonesome Rangers, When the Kissing Had to Stop, and The Last Innocent White Man in America.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bold Type Books (September 8, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1560256184
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1560256182
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.63 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.23 x 8.9 inches

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- #19,386 in United States Biographies

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jdp

Apt verbal imagery for the USA.

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2019

John Leonard has given us a verbal collage of our country at the turn of the Millenium. When you read about a state or territory, you gain a sense of our differences. Whereas, the totality of the book provides apt imagery for the United States of America.

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Patricia Kramer

50 Unique States with an Unfortunate Vein of Racism Running Through

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2008

After reading this book, it is clear that each state is truly unique from who settled there and why and how the current populace thinks and works together. Almost every author took a clear eyed view of the problems in the state and most if not all portrayed the continuing issue of racism and wrestled with why it persists. I appreciated the authors' straightforward assessment of the state of their states, and their discussions of what keeps them there or what keeps drawing them back.

Terry Tempest Williams's essay about Utah impacted me the most.
"Something is terrible wrong, out of balance. This we know. This we feel as red-blooded Americans who believe in freedom in all its strange, peculiar, and wondrous configurations.

For those of us who choose to live in the outback of mainstream America -and surely those of us who live in Utah qualify - we choose to believe that voices on the margin have always exerted pressure on the center. Listening is required. Belief and hard work are seen as allies. Suddenly dialogues spring forth like water bubbling up in the desert. And a community rises to the call of its members."

Sherman Alexie's essay on Washington, Molly Ivins on Texas, David Mura on Minnesota, and Joanne Mulcahy on Oregon also stood out.

This book was published in 2003, but made for interesting relevant reading as the election process winds through the states.

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greg flakus

quality writing all through

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2003

If you want to read about what is the pulse of things in all fifty states in 2003, this book is great...fifty writers, each based in the state they write about share a piece about their state...it is agreat read and a very good idea.
I read with great enthusiasm the stories about the states I wanted to learn more about.

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