Keith: Yes, in October 2001 we are doing "50 Places of a Lifetime," which is a pretty special issue. It's going to have some great photography. We're focusing on urban places, wild spaces. We're focusing on country unbound, paradise found, and national monuments. In those categories we are looking at 50 places that if you want to say that you've seen the best that America has to offer, these are the places to go and see.
Susan: Some of these destinations are a secret, you can't tell me which places have been chosen?
Keith: No, I could tell you, but I won't tell you. I can tell you who some of the writers are. We've got Teller of Penn and Teller. We've got Calvin Trillin and Cokie Roberts. We've got a lot of really good writers. We have really interesting writers and interesting surprises of photography. I think the essays that we've got here and the places that we picked are really going to be something that people will want to see.
Susan: This isn't the first time that you have done this.
Keith: A couple of years ago we did our first "50 Places of a Lifetime," but that was the entire world. That magazine became a huge hit. We sold more copies than we ever sell, and it has become a collector's item. In fact, we have gone back to reprint it. It was special in the sense that it did capture the entire world. This time we are going to look at the red, white, and blue.
Susan: It will help people appreciate what we have right here; what we tend to overlook.
Keith: It will. It will get down to the smaller, more granular places that we couldn't do in the entire world.
Susan: I am looking forward to that issue, and also whom you choose as the winners of the photography contest.
Keith: Well, stay tuned.
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