The Atlantic Monthly

The Atlantic Monthly (also known as The Atlantic) is an American literary/cultural magazine founded in Boston in 1857 by 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). Originally a monthly publication, the magazine, subscribed to by 425,000 readers, now publishes ten times a year and features articles in the fields of political science and foreign affairs, as well as book reviews.

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American - Magazine - Boston - 1857 - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - James Russell Lowell - Political science - Foreign affairs - Book review

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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). 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.

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Julia Ward Howe - Battle Hymn of the Republic - February 1 - 1862 - William Parker - The Freedman's Story - March - 1866 - 1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil disobedience - Letter from Birmingham Jail - Emily Dickinson - Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Mark Twain - 2001

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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 Ted Nelson and Douglas Engelbart to develop hypertext technology.

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Vannevar Bush - As We May Think - 1945 - Ted Nelson - Douglas Engelbart - Hypertext

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The Atlantic has always 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.

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New England - Harper's - The New Yorker - New York - Ticknor and Fields - Houghton Mifflin - Ellery Sedgwick - World War I

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On September 27, 1999, a deal to transfer ownership, once again, this time from Mort Zuckerman to David Bradley, owner of the beltway news focused National Journal Group, was publicly announced. Bradley visited the offices of his new property and promised no major changes were instore, including, a move to Washington D.C..{{ref|nomove}}

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September 27 - 1999 - Beltway - National Journal Group - Washington D.C.

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The magazine's publishers announced in April, 2005, that the editorial offices would leave their long-time home at 77 North Washington St., Boston to join the company's advertising and circulation divisions in Washington, D.C.; the announced reason for the move was the high cost of Boston real estate{{ref|move}}. 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 among each other. Few of the Boston staff agreed to relocate, allowing Bradley to embark on an open search for a new editorial staff{{ref|nyo}}

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April - 2005 - Washington, D.C. - New York Observer

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Also in 2005 The Atlantic announced that it would cease including short stories in its regular issues, but rather in a single annual special edition.

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The magazine has one of the longest-running cryptic crosswords, compiled by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon.

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Cryptic crossword - Emily Cox - Henry Rathvon

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