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Alan Trachtenberg

Alan Trachtenberg is the author of several books, including Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas. He is professor emeritus of English and American studies at Yale.

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The Ballad in the Street

Listening for the muffled strains of a national culture

by Alan Trachtenberg | Friday, December 01, 2006
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After the Storm

by Stephanie Bastek

In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, we’re revisiting our interview with environmental reporter Elizabeth Rush. Smarty Pants host Stephanie Bastek asks what the future looks like for America’s coastal residents, especially as climate change contributes to rising sea levels and worsening storm seasons. “The options for the people and animals in these places is stark: retreat or die,” Bastek says. “Those are the options we generally associate with far-off islands, like Fuji or Kiribati. But dramatic, life-changing climate change is happening right now in our own backyard.”