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Throughout its award winning, 140 year history, The Atlantic has set the standard for outstanding writing. You will see how the nation's best writers make sense from facts, build a case, and drive home a conclusion. You'll get a feel for the big issues beneath the surface in politics, government, foreign affairs, economics, health, religion, science, history, and war. In fiction and poetry, you'll be introduced to authors such as Cynthia Ozick, Bobbie Ann Mason, John Updike, Jane Kenyon, and W. S. Merwin. Through our reviews of fiction and non fiction, you'll see how a master critic penetrates to the heart of a work and compares it with others.

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