Original essays on all 32 participating nations by 32 writers, including Geoff Dyer, Dave Eggers, Aleksandar Hemon, Nick Hornby, John Lanchester, Henning Mankell, Tim Parks, Eric Schlosser, Tom Vanderbilt, and more.

“An impressive mix of engaging pieces from some of the English language’s best-known contemporary literary figures.”

    —WALL STREET JOURNAL

“A hugely satisfying grab-bag of unexpected perspectives on sport’s biggest event.”

    —INDEPENDENT (UK)

STATE BY STATE

A Panoramic Portrait of America

Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey

(Ecco/HarperCollins, 2008)

National Bestseller

Original essays on all 50 states by 50 American writers, including Alison Bechdel, Anthony Bourdain, Dave Eggers, Louise Erdrich, Joshua Ferris, Jonathan Franzen, S.E. Hinton, John Hodgman, Edward P. Jones, Tony Horwitz, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rick Moody, Susan Orlean, George Packer, Ann Patchett, David Rakoff, Sarah Vowell, and more.

“The full plumage of American life, in all its riotous glory.”

    —THE NEW YORKER

“Funny, moving, rousing... Greater than the sum of its excellent parts.”

    —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“Odds are, reading State by State, you’ll fall for every state a little.”

    —LA TIMES

THE THINKING FAN’S GUIDE TO

THE WORLD CUP

Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey

(HarperPerennial, 2006)

National Bestseller

The Thinking Fan’s Guide was also published in England, Holland, Italy, Germany, and Brazil:

In the grand tradition of H.L. Mencken’s American Mercury, a collection of sharp, satirical broadsides from the original incarnation of The Baffler.

“You’d have to look back at the fights between New York intellectuals in the ‘50s to find the sort of verbal firepower unleashed here.”

    —THE NATION

COMMODIFY YOUR DISSENT

The Business of Culture in the

New Gilded Age

Edited by Thomas Frank and Matt Weiland

(W.W. Norton, 1997)

National Bestseller