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May 1981 Issue
May 1981 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.
  • Your Transit Commission
    Garrison Keillor
  • America's High-Tech Weaponry
    James Fallows
  • Look Homeward, Angel
    Philip Roth
  • Betrayal on the Left
    Edward Sorel
  • Crows
    Charles Simic
  • A Father Figure for the Avant-Garde
    Robert Palmer

A Father Figure for the Avant-Garde

La Monte Young’s influence has been felt in “free"jazz, punk rock, and serious modern composing

By Robert Palmer
May 1981 Issue
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