Richard KreitnerRichard Kreitner is the author of Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union and Booked: A Traveler's Guide to Literary Locations Around the World. He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post,the Boston Globe, the Nation, Slate, Raritan, the Baffler, and other publications. He lives in the Hudson Valley, New York. Read More Read Less