Mapping America through 1,001 novels:
A California professor plotted every place mentioned in 1,001 American novels, from 7-Elevens to campgrounds ...
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Professor Susan Straight Builds a Map from 1,001 NovelsProfessor Susan Straight used Google Maps to locate 7-Eleven stores and an Alaska campground.
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- The creative-writing professor at the University of California, Riverside, says she began the mapping project as a pastime.
- Using Google Maps, she pinpointed the settings of all 1,001 American novels as precisely as possible and contacted authors when uncertain.
- According to her account, the mapped locations include 7-Eleven stores and a campground in Alaska.
- Straight says the novels can encourage understanding of regional human perspectives and reports spending five years on the project.
If you want to know how somebody in Alabama feels, read one of the books set in Alabama.— Susan Straight, discussing her 1,001 Novels project in the Monitor Daily article Mapping America through 1,001 novels (June 6, 2023), explaining how literature can reveal a place's feelings.
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