Books by Peter Trachtenberg

Peter Trachtenberg is the author of the memoir "7 Tattoos" and "The Book of Calamaties: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning." His essays, journalism, and short fiction have been published in "The New Yorker, Harper's, BOMB, TriQuarterly, O, The New York Times Travel Magazine, " and "A Public Space." His commentaries have been broadcast on NPR'S "All Things Considered." The recipient of a Whiting Writers Fellowship and a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Trachtenburg was also honored for "The Book of Calamities," which was the recipient of the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award "for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity."
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