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November 1986 Issue
November 1986 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.
  • No-Fat City
    James Fallows
  • Intimate Partners
    Maggie Scarf
  • Along the Western Front
    Jack Beatty
  • Sinew
    Raymond Carver
  • The Quality of Life
    Sue Miller
  • In Memory of Mrs. Snow, My First Piano Teacher
    Donald Justice

Latin America

Pre-Lenten Carnivals in Latin Amenta are listed on pages T-16 and 7-17.

November 1986 Issue
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