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Who Came Up With That?
Contrary to what we think of as intellectual property, most ideas are difficult to trace back to one human mind.
The Questionable Triumph of the ‘Baling Wire Hippies’
Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog was seen as a countercultural milestone, but his new book reveals his alliances with the powerful.
Eight of the Most Fascinating Biographies to Read
Each is animated by the author’s love—for their subject, for language, and for pushing the boundaries of what the genre can do.
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Eight of the Most Fascinating Biographies to Read
Each is animated by the author’s love—for their subject, for language, and for pushing the boundaries of what the genre can do.
Six Books That Simply Must Be Talked About
These six books demand discussion—with a pal, a date, or a book club.
Nine Books to Reset Your View of the World
Each of these titles will widen your perspective, offering you original insight and vision.
Seven Books to Read When You Have No Time to Read
These titles are worth picking up, even if you have only a moment to spare.
To the Open Water
JESSE HILL FORDis a Southern writer whose first story appeared in the pages of the ATLANTIC five years ago. He received his B. A. from Vanderbilt University, and his CBS television play, THE CONVERSION OF BUSTER DRUMWEIGHT,has just been published by Vanderbilt University Press.
A Bird in the House
A Canadian novelist, who was born in Manitoba in 1926, MARGARET LAURENCEwent with her engineer husband first to Somaliland and then to Ghana. While he was employed in constructing public works, she studied the native Africans, translating their folk tales and writing about them in her short stories and novels. Two of her books, THE TOMORROW-TAMER and NEW WIND IN A DRY LAND, were published by Alfred Knopf last spring.
The Wishing Box
SYLVIA PLATH, who died last year, grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and graduated from Smith College in 1955, where she studied under Alfred Kazin. She won a fellowship to Cambridge, and there she met and married the poet Ted Hughes. This story was written during her Cambridge years and originally appeared in GRANTA.
The Buoy
“I was graduated from Wesleyan in 1956 in English,” writes II. L. MOUNTZOURES, “even though I spent three and a half years living out a myth as a premedical student.” In 1961 he spent six months in Greece, the scene of the following story. Mr. Mountzoures lives in New London, Connecticut, where he is at work on a novel.
The Battle of Mussolini
Novelist and short story writer, who made his first appearance in the ATLANTIC and all of whose books hare appearec under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint, (IEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, am served with distinction in Greece and the Levant during the Second Warid War. Among his books are ROOI E VIALIC a collection of short stories, THE SALVATION OF PJSCO GABAH; and WATCHERS IN TIIK SHADOW.
Benny
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, RALPH MALONEY graduated from Browne & Nichols and spent the next two years in the Merchant Marine. He entered Harvard in 1947, was drafted in 1950, and after his tour of duty, went to New York to live. His experience in the field of public relations formed the background of his novel, DAILY BREAD, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1960.
The Mute Singer
Sculptor, painter, architect, and writer. STANISLAV SZUKALSKI was horn in Poland, came to the United States and lived in Chicago when he was in his twenties, then returned to Poland to work at his sculpture. He managed to escape the Siege of Warsaw and is now living in California.
The Lions Are Loose
Almost a quarter of a century ago, GEORGE H. FREITAGfirst broke into print in theATLANTICwith his story “ Uncle Horace.”Since then his work has appeared in our pages from time to time. Mr. Freitag, a sign painter by profession, is now teaching an evening course in writing at Pasadena City College.
Look Down, Look Down
JESSE HILL FORD is a Southern writer who received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his M.A. from the Universily of Florida, where he studied under Andrew Lytle. Mr. Ford, whose first story appeared in these pages five years ago, is now at work on his second novel.
The Breach
MAURO SENESI is a young writer who lives in Florence and contributes to various Italian newspapers and magazines. His first short story published in America appeared in the ATLANTIC in the autumn of 1961. He has since finished the English version of his novel, LONGSHADOW, and is working on a new book. The following story has been translated by Elaine Maclachlan.