Writing About America, State by State

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
In the depths of the Great Depression, thousands of American writers found work under the New Deal’s Federal Writers Project. Find out about a new project updating that model. Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey are co-editors of State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America; John Hodgman is a contributor.

Events:
Screening/Panel Discussion/Signing
September 18, 2008 at 7 pm
NYU Cantor Film Center
6 East 8th Street, Theater 102

Panel Discussion/Signing books
September 23, 2008 at 7 pm
Barnes and Noble in Tribeca
97 Warren St

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