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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

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

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Plunging to Earth

by Robert Zaretsky

Still dreaming up ways to safely enjoy this year’s summer vacation? “Safe” may be a relative term here—but if you’re feeling brave, you could take up skydiving, as Robert Zaretsky once did. “As I fell,” he wrote in our Summer 2011 issue, “I blurted out—like so many others have, I later learned—‘Mommy!’”

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