The Atlantic Monthly
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Editor	James Bennet
Categories	literature, political science, foreign affairs
Frequency	10 per year
Circulation	425,000
Publisher	The Atlantic Monthly Group
First issue	1857
Country	United States
Language	American English
Website	www.theatlantic.com
ISSN	1072-7825

The Atlantic redirects here; for the ocean, see Atlantic Ocean.

The Atlantic Monthly (also known as The Atlantic) is an American literary/cultural magazine founded in Boston in 1857. Its creators were a group of writers that included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and James Russell Lowell (who would become its first editor). The current CEO and group publisher is John Fox Sullivan.^[1] Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... This article is about a journal. ... Most circulated periodical magazines in the U.S. as of 2003. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see American English (disambiguation). ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include Paul Reveres Ride, A Psalm of Life, The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. He also wrote the first American translation of Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy and was one of the five members... Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ... James Russell Lowell (b. ...

Format and periodicity

The cover of the original issue of The Atlantic Monthly, November 1, 1857.

Originally a monthly publication, the magazine, subscribed to by 480,000 readers, now publishes ten times a year and features articles in the fields of political science and foreign affairs, as well as book reviews. In 2005, The Atlantic announced that it would cease including short stories in its regular issues, but rather in a single annual special edition. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... This article is about a journal. ... A book review (or book report) is a form of literary criticism in which the work is analyzed based on content, style, and merit. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There are also articles on other intellectually challenging topics, e.g., the ongoing computer-related and Asian-society writings by James Fallows. James Fallows is an American print and radio journalist who has been associated with The Atlantic Monthly for many years and has written eight books. ...

Literary history

The Atlantic Monthly was the first to publish Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (on February 1, 1862), and William Parker's "The Freedman's Story" (in February and March 1866). It published Charles W. Eliot's "The New Education" (a call for practical reform) that resulted in his appointment to Presidency of Harvard University in 1869. It also published some of Charles Chesnutt's tales before they were collected for The Conjure Woman. In August 1963, the magazine published Martin Luther King, Jr.'s defense of civil disobedience in "Letter from Birmingham Jail". The magazine was a point of connection between Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson; having read an article in the Atlantic by Higginson, Dickinson asked him to become her mentor. It has also published many of the works of Mark Twain, including one that managed to escape publication until 2001. Its best known current writers are James Fallows, Mark Bowden, Corby Kummer, and Caitlin Flanagan. Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. ... The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a patriotic anthem written by Julia Ward Howe for the United States during the American Civil War as a replacement for the words to the marching song John Browns Body. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about 1862 . ... Prof. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African American author. ... “MLK” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Civil disobedience (disambiguation). ... Martin Luther King Jr The Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail, commonly but incorrectly rendered Letter from a Birmingham Jail, was an open letter on April 16, 1963 written by Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. ... Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 - May 9, 1911) was an American author, abolitionist, and soldier. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. ... James Fallows is an American print and radio journalist who has been associated with The Atlantic Monthly for many years and has written eight books. ... Mark Robert Bowden (II) (born July 17, 1951) is an accomplished American writer. ... Caitlin Flanagan is an American writer and social critic. ...

The magazine has also published speculative articles that inspired the development of whole new technologies. The classic example is the publication of Vannevar Bush's essay "As We May Think" in July 1945, which inspired Douglas Engelbart and later Ted Nelson to develop the modern workstation and hypertext technology. Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and the idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web. ... Vannevar Bushs essay As We May Think, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1945, argued that as humans turned from war, scientific efforts should shift from increasing physical abilities to making all previous collected human knowledge more accessible. ... Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925 in Oregon) is an American inventor of German descent. ... Theodor Holm Nelson is an American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology. ... Sun SPARCstation 1+, 25 MHz RISC processor from early 1990s A workstation, such as a Unix workstation, RISC workstation or engineering workstation, is a high-end desktop or deskside microcomputer designed for technical applications. ... In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), branch or perform on request. ...

In April, 2005, the Atlantic editors decided to cease publishing fiction in regular issues in favor of a newsstand-only annual fiction issue.

Ownership

February 1862 edition of The Atlantic Monthly, with The Battle Hymn of the Republic on the front page.

For all but its recent existence, The Atlantic has been known as a distinctively New England literary magazine (as opposed to Harper's and later The New Yorker, both from New York), and by its third year was published by the famous Boston publishing house of Ticknor and Fields (later to become part of Houghton Mifflin). The magazine was purchased by its then editor, Ellery Sedgwick, during World War I, but remained in Boston. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (540x840, 143 KB) Original appearance of w:The Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1862 in The Atlantic Monthly (image source) File links The following pages link to this file: The Atlantic Monthly The Battle Hymn of the Republic ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (540x840, 143 KB) Original appearance of w:The Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1862 in The Atlantic Monthly (image source) File links The following pages link to this file: The Atlantic Monthly The Battle Hymn of the Republic ... The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a patriotic anthem, written by Julia Ward Howe in December 1861, that was made popular during the American Civil War. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly magazine of politics and culture. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... William Davis Ticknor (August 6, 1810-April 10, 1864) was an American publisher in Boston, Massachusetts and a founder of the publishing house Ticknor and Fields. ... i suck for crack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. ... Ellery Sedgwick (February 27, 1872–April 21, 1960) was an American editor, brother of Henry Dwight Sedgwick. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

In 1980, the magazine was acquired by Mortimer Zuckerman, property magnate and founder of Boston Properties, who became its Chairman. Mort Zuckerman Mortimer Benjamin (Mort) Zuckerman (born 1937, in Montreal, Canada) is an American billionaire magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon. ... A well respected, self managed real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

On September 27, 1999, ownership of the magazine was transferred from Zuckerman to David G. Bradley, owner of the beltway news-focused National Journal Group. Although Bradley had promised that no major changes were in store, the magazine's publishers announced in April 2005, that the editorial offices would leave their long-time home at 77 North Washington St. in Boston to join the company's advertising and circulation divisions in Washington, D.C. apparently due to the high cost of Boston real estate.^[2] Later, in August, Bradley told the New York Observer, cost cutting from the move would amount to a minor $200,000–$300,000 and those savings would be swallowed by severance related spending. The reason, then, was to create a hub in Washington where the top minds from all of Bradley's publications could collaborate. Few of the Boston staff agreed to relocate, allowing Bradley to embark on an open search for a new editorial staff.^[3] is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... David G. Bradley has chaired, edited, and owned several publishing and news firms. ... Inside the Beltway is a phrase used to characterize parts of the real or imagined American political system. ... National Journal is a weekly magazine about American politics and government, published by National Journal Group, Inc. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... The New York Observer is a weekly newspaper first published in New York City on September 22, 1987 by Arthur L. Carter, a very successful former investment banker with publishing interests. ...

Trivia

• The magazine has one of the longest-running cryptic crosswords, compiled by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon. Since March 2006 the Puzzler, as it is known, is only published online.
• The magazine was also where Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" was first published.

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List of editors

• James Russell Lowell, 1857–1861
• James Thomas Fields, 1861–1871
• William Dean Howells, 1871–1881
• Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1881–1890
• Horace Elisha Scudder, 1890–1898
• Walter Hines Page, 1898–1899
• Bliss Perry, 1899–1909
• Ellery Sedgwick, 1909–1938
• Edward A. Weeks, 1938–1966
• Robert Manning, 1966–1980
• William Whitworth, 1980–1999
• Michael Kelly, 1999–2002
• Cullen Murphy, interim editor, never named editor-in-chief, 2002–2006
• James Bennet, 2006—

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References

1. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/a/masthead.mhtml Atlantic masthead
2. ^ "Atlantic, 148-year institution, leaving city magazine of Twain, James, Howells heads to capital, Boston Globe, April 15, 2005 [1]
3. ^ "Atlantic owner scours country for cinder-editor", New York Observer, August 29–September 5, 2005

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External links

• Official website
• The American Idea: The Best of The Atlantic Monthly
• Online archive of Atlantic Monthly (earliest issues up to December 1901)
• The Atlantic Monthly magazines at Project Gutenberg
• A History of The Atlantic Monthly
• "The Hive" (an Atlantic Monthly article about Wikipedia)