“Republic of Detours,” by Scott Borchert, relates the history of the Federal Writers’ Project, which paid thousands of unemployed writers to write idiosyncratic guides to the country.“Republic of Detours,” by Scott Borchert, relates the history of the Federal Writers’ Project, which paid thousands of unemployed writers to write idiosyncratic guides to the country.Read MoreBooks and Literature, Writing and Writers, United States Politics and Government, Works Progress Administration, Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America (Book), Borchert, Scott, Federal Writers’ Project
