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April 1972 Issue
April 1972 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.
  • The Return
    Tu Fu
  • Two Poems
    Jarold Ramsey
  • The Man Who Would Be Hero
    Josiah Bunting Iii
  • Mother Russia: A Train's Eye View
    Darrall Beriro
  • Violence Enshrined
    David Denby
  • The Peripatetic Reviewer
    Edward Weeks

Beyond Words: Writing for the President

—but what is heroic death compared to eternal watching

By Harry McPherson
April 1972 Issue
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