New Jersey Fan Club is an eclectic anthology featuring personal essays, interviews, photographs, and comics from a diverse group of writers and artists. An exploration of how the same locale can shape people in different ways, it will inspire readers to look at the Garden State with fresh eyes.

List of Figures 1. Introduction by Kerri Sullivan 2. Why Do They Hate Us? by Matthew Taub            3. The Challenge by Frankie Huang 4. I Pledge Allegiance to the Mall by Erinn Salge 5. Suburban South Jersey by Lauren H. Adams 6. Selling Balloons to New Jersey by Brandon Harrison 7. The New Jerseyest Summer of My Life by Mike Dawson 8. The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing by Michael C. Gabriele 9. The Ultimate Bike Tour of Trenton by Wills Kinsley 10. On Immigration and Sandwiches: The Story of One Beloved Restaurant, One Central New Jersey Suburb, and One Child of Immigrants by Pooja Makhijani 11. Keansburg by Kat Schneider 12. Why I Want My Son to Grow Up in Jersey by Chris Gethard 13. Garden State Breakfast Pie by Stacey Mei Yan Fong 14. The Only Bar That Matters: An Oral History of the Original Asbury Lanes by Kamelia Ani 15. Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road? by Kate Morgan 16. Exit 0 by Brittany Coppla 17. Signs I’ve Been Meaning to Read by Sean Rynkewicz 18. Me and Mary Murray by Scott Neumyer 19. New Jersey Black History Sites by Jacquinn Sinclair  20. State Prerogatives by Carlos Dengler 21. New Jersey Like You’ve Never Seen It: A Collection of Drone Photographs from Around the State 22. A Couple Blocks from the Boardwalk by Miko Beach 23. Heaven In a 600-Square-Foot Apartment by Caren Lissner 24. Block by Block by Team 1:1 New Jersey 25. Bagels, Bollywood and Bhajans by Raakhee Mirchandani 26. An Interview with Weird NJ by Brandon Stosuy 27. Near & Dear by Whit Taylor 28. Why I Left by Alicia Cook 29. A History of New Jersey, in Artifacts by Brittney Ingersoll 30. Going Home to New Jersey by Caiti Borruso 31. The LGBTQ Community’s Complicated Relationship with New Jersey Written by Sarah Prager Illustrated by Veronica Casson 32. Fable and Flora: The Home of The Jersey Devil by Elise Sacco 33. Alone on the Turnpike by lucy dean stockton 34. Havana on the Hudson by Alexandra Beguez 35. Finding Religion in New Jersey by Bob Varettoni 36. Finding Home by Jen A. Miller 37. My Favorite Devil by Erica Commisso 38. Somewhere In New Jersey by Dan Misdea 39. “The fields! The orchards! The roads! The lanes!”: Woodbine and the Hirsch Agricultural School by Hallel Yadin 40. Seasons Eatings by Kae Lani Palmisano 41. The Egg-O-Mat by Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg 42. 14 Things You Didn’t Know Were Invented in New Jersey by Linda J. Barth 43. The Sopranos Family Tour by Donnie Martino 44. La miramira by Hassan Ghanny 45. New Jersey Trivia: So you think you know Jersey? by Lorraine Goodman Further Reading Acknowledgements About the Contributors About the Editor Index