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March 1967 Issue
March 1967 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • On the Writing of Contemporary History
    Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
  • G. H. Hardy: The Pure Mathematician
    C. P. Snow
  • Cheese: Best of Both Worlds
    Charles Y. Morton
  • The Laws of Probability and Bureaucratic Style
    Hugh Nugent
  • Hairpiece
    Elinor Goulding Smith
  • Small Talk
    Richard O’Connell
Poem

Small Talk

By Richard O’Connell
March 1967 Issue
Saved Stories
Theodorus told me
That Homer is dated —
His long line unwieldy
And his epithets hackneyed.
He has therefore decided
To not write an epic.