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December 1972 Issue
December 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.
  • "Yes, Sir, This Has Certainly Been Considered a Safe Mine"
    Rachel Scott
  • Ornette Coleman and the Circle With a Hole in the Middle
    Robert Palmer
  • Praying on a 707
    Anne Sexton
  • The Morning After the War Before
    Denis Warner
  • Updike and Barthelme: Disengagement
    Richard Todd
  • Reich at the Orgone Box
    Paul A. Robinson
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Praying on a 707

By Anne Sexton
December 1972 Issue
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