WHO HAVE BEEN THE EDITORS OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY? James Russell Lowell, 1857-1861 James Thomas Fields, 1861-1871 William Dean Howells, 1871-1881 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1881-1890 Horace Elisha Scudder, 1890-1898 Walter Hines Page, 1898-1899 Bliss Perry, 1899-1909 Ellery Sedgwick, 1909-1938 Edward A. Weeks, 1938-1966 Robert Manning, 1966-1980 William Whitworth, 1980-1999 Michael Kelly, 1999-2002 James Bennet, 2006-present WHO WERE THE FOUNDERS OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY? James Russell Lowell Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Oliver Wendell Holmes Francis H. Underwood John Lothrop Motley James Elliot Cabot Moses Dresser Phillips WHO GAVE THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY ITS NAME? Oliver Wendell Holmes. His first suggestion was The Atlantic Monthly Magazine, which was later shortened to The Atlantic Monthly. Now most people call it The Atlantic. WHERE HAS THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY BEEN PUBLISHED? Until 2006, always in Boston—although the issues from January, 1874, to December, 1877, bore the double imprint "Boston: H. O. Houghton & Co., New York: Hurd & Houghton." The first offices were located in The Old Corner Bookstore, 135 Washington Street. Among later addresses were 124 Tremont Street, No. 4 Park Street, Winthrop Square, 8 Arlington Street, 745 Boylston Street, and 77 North Washington Street. Since January, 2006, The Atlantic Monthly has been located in The Watergate at 600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C. WHICH COVERS FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS HAVE BEEN THE BEST SELLERS? 1."Why Iraq Has No Army" (December 2005) 2. "The 100 Most Influential Americans" (December 2006) 3. "When George Meets John" (July/August 2004) 4. "Will Iran Be Next?" (December 2004) 5. "Blind Into Baghdad" (January/February 2004) 6. "Countdown to a Meltdown" (July/August 2005) 7. "American Ground" (July/August 2002) 8. "Supremacy by Stealth" (July/August 2003) 9. "Bush's Lost Year" (October 2004) 10. "How We Would Fight China" (June 2005) HOW MANY SUBMISSIONS DOES THE MAGAZINE RECEIVE EACH YEAR? 12,000 short stories 60,000 non-fiction manuscripts and queries |
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