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Ground Zero, the Day After

A pilgrimage to the "ash-covered canyon" that was once the World Trade Center

Poised for Possibility

Poised for Possibility

Bobbie Ann Mason, the author of Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail, talks about Bruce Springsteen, James Joyce, and discovering her own writing voice

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Americans today are finding new inspiration in Julia Ward Howe's anthem—originally published in The Atlantic in 1862 to rally Union troops.

The Bumbling Communicator

The Bumbling CommunicatorTelevision has finally found a President who speaks its language

Bystanders to Genocide

The author's exclusive interviews with scores of the participants in the decision-making, together with her analysis of newly declassified documents, yield a chilling narrative of self-serving caution and flaccid will—and countless missed opportunities to mitigate a colossal crime

Up in Smoke

Next door to deadly violence life goes on

Bozzy's Life

A dazzling portrait of James Boswell as a literary artist

All the City's a Stage

An eccentric mayor with a flair for the dramatic is bringing hope to a notoriously troubled capital

New & Noteworthy

This fall's hot novel; Rushdie's latest; correcting the blather about "globalization"

Tales of the Alhambra

The lost Islamic world of Southern Spain—and its modern echoes

Digging

A short story

Potato Salad

The German version is surprisingly light and intensely flavored


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The Atlantic Monthly

James Fallows on Obama's first term, Raymond Bonner on the death penalty, Christopher Hitchens on G.K. Chesterton, and more

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