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December 1986 Issue
December 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.
  • Who Do Men Say That I Am?
    Cullen Murphy
  • Intimate Partners
    Maggie Scarf
  • The Cant of Pity
    Conor Cruise O’Brien
  • Seeds of Change
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Mishima
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • On Acting
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
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On the Last Day of the World: Waiting on the Roof

By Sophia C. Black
December 1986 Issue
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