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Aaron Sachs

Aaron Sachs teaches at Cornell University. He is the author, most recently, of Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition, which combines historical scholarship with memoir.

The Hidden Music of Words

The Hidden Music of Words

Academics shouldn’t scoff at literary prose—they have much to learn from it

by Aaron Sachs | Tuesday, October 11, 2016
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Wallace Stegner’s Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs

A calming influence

by Aaron Sachs | Monday, July 20, 2015
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The Bookroom

by Aaron Sachs | Monday, February 23, 2015

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2nd Look

Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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