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Seeing the MGM lion roar,
Lise complains she’s seen this show before.
My father-in-law’s live-in caretaker,
Haitian, tout douleur,
She knows Seventh-Day Adventist lore,
The perfidy of men, how to cure
Oppressive itching. Her
Cooking doesn’t please him anymore,
But he likes her lilting French, her hair
And gentle hands, her living soapy spoor.
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The Civil War
President Obama reflects on what Lincoln means to him and to America, in an introduction to our special issue. Read more › |
The History of Thomas Edison
This Must Be the Place: Byun
Video Documentary: The Impact of a Principal
James Fallows on Obama's first term, Raymond Bonner on the death penalty, Christopher Hitchens on G.K. Chesterton, and more
Browse back issues of The Atlantic that have appeared on the Web. From September 1995 to the present, the archive is essentially complete, with the exception of a few articles, the online rights to which are held exclusively by the authors.
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Why America Keeps Getting More Conservative
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