Robert W. Sny­der teach­es jour­nal­ism and Amer­i­can Stud­ies at Rut­gers Uni­ver­si­ty. His books include Tran­sit Talk: New York’s Bus and Sub­way Work­ers Tell Their Sto­ries; The Voice of the City: Vaude­ville and Pop­u­lar Cul­ture in New York; and Met­ro­pol­i­tan Lives: The Ash­can Artists and Their New York.