num_pages: 160
description: The essays in Maps to Anywhere plot terrain that is at once familiar and subtly strange. Writing on subjects ranging from his family to the origin of the barbershop pole, Bernard Cooper digs into the glimmering surface of the southern California landscape, observing the collision of the American Dream with the realities of everyday life. From the fragments, he discovers landmarks by which he attempts to make sense of contemporary America.
language: English
title: Maps to Anywhere
titlecomplete: Maps to Anywhere
genres: Literature, Memoir, Essays, LGBT, Short Stories, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 243
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: University of Georgia Press