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November 1986 Issue
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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
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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
Canada
Major Canadian skiing events are listed on pages 1-22 and 1-23.
November 1986 Issue
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