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December 1970 Issue
December 1970 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.
  • Sex and the Married Couple
  • Message
    Jean Goldschmidt
  • A Double Life, Half Told
    Malcolm Cowley
  • Meisterzinger
    Stefan Kanfer
  • Up the Years From Cassoulet
    Betty Suyker
  • The Thing About Cats
    John L'Heureux
Poem

Melt-Out

By Andrew Glaze
December 1970 Issue
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