<p>See America with 50 of Our Finest, Funniest, and Foremost Writers Anthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey</p> <p>Dave Eggers tells it straight: <i>Illinois is Number 1</i> </p> <p>Louise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota </p> <p>Jonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York's publicist...and personal attorney...and historian...and geologist</p> <p>John Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a "Massachusettsean"</p> <p>Edward P. Jones makes the case: <i>D.C. should be a state!</i> </p> <p>Jhumpa Lahiri declares her reckless love for the Rhode Island coast</p> <p>Rick Moody explores the dark heart of Connecticut's Merritt Parkway, exit by exit </p> <p>Ann Patchett makes a pilgrimage to the Civil War site at Shiloh, Tennessee</p> <p>William T. Vollmann visits a San Francisco S&M club and Many More!</p>