Peter Trachtenberg
Nonfiction writer, journalist

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Published Reviews

Sep.05.2008

The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and Its Meaning

Published by Salon

"Searching and often searing . . . . humane and, at the same time, . . . unsentimental. . . .The Book of Calamities is a work of real moral intricacy . . . . Trachtenberg's...

Past Events

Reading at The New School

Start: 17 Sep 2008 - 6:30 pm
End: 17 Sep 2008 - 7:30 pm
New York, NY

Reading from THE BOOK OF CALAMITIES

Start: 12 Sep 2008 - 7:30 pm
End: 12 Sep 2008 - 9:30 pm
Rhinebeck, NY

Panel Discussion, "9-11 and the Uses of Grief"

11 Sep 2008 - 7:00 pm
New York, NY

About Peter

Peter Trachtenberg is the author of the memoir 7 Tattoos and The Book of Calamities, a hybrid of journalism, moral philosophy, and personal essay on the theme of suffering and its narratives. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Bomb, The New...

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Causes Peter Trachtenberg Supports

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Mercy Corps, Move On, Oxfam

Peter’s Favorite Books

Lolita, Pale Fire-- Vladimir Nabokov Bleak House-- Charles Dickens Ulysses -- James Joyce V, Gravity's Rainbow -- Thomas Pynchon Valis -- Philip K. Dick Bad...