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November 1979 Issue
November 1979 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 Atlantic Puzzler
    Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  • California: Lone Raider From the West
    Mary Ellen Leary
  • Lone Raider Politics
    Thomas Griffith
  • Meet Mr. Sony: How the Japanese Outsmart Us
    Lally Weymouth
  • The Editor's Page
  • Morocco
    John Updike
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The Present Tense

By Joyce Carol Oates
November 1979 Issue
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