Dave James Posted September 27, 2005 Report Posted September 27, 2005 I received an offer in the mail yesterday to subscribe to The Atlantic Monthly. I know nothing about this magazine save what the sales pitch says that came with the offer. To wit: "What you'll find is a magazine devoted to behind-he-scense reporting, ahead-of- the-curve storytelling, and must-read analysis of current events. A magazine The Washington Post called the 'smartest on the rack'." Is anyone familiar with this? Opinions? I already take The New Yorker, so would you consider AM to be something of a clone? Is it East Coast centric or more generic in its focus? Cost-wise, the "special professional rate" they're offering is 12 issues for $19.95. Thanks for the help. Up over and out. Quote
BeBop Posted September 27, 2005 Report Posted September 27, 2005 Price is fairly high*, but this is probably my second favorite general interest magazine. It's turned away from fiction and literature for a more purely political focus - though not purely political, still a few arts and other features. Intelligent, well-researched writing. * I think I'm paying more like $9.99 a year. Quote
joeface Posted September 27, 2005 Report Posted September 27, 2005 (edited) I received an offer in the mail yesterday to subscribe to The Atlantic Monthly. I know nothing about this magazine save what the sales pitch says that came with the offer. To wit: "What you'll find is a magazine devoted to behind-he-scense reporting, ahead-of- the-curve storytelling, and must-read analysis of current events. A magazine The Washington Post called the 'smartest on the rack'." Is anyone familiar with this? Opinions? I already take The New Yorker, so would you consider AM to be something of a clone? Is it East Coast centric or more generic in its focus? Cost-wise, the "special professional rate" they're offering is 12 issues for $19.95. Thanks for the help. Up over and out. ← I suscribe to the AM. The articles I've read by James Fallows have been worth the price alone, in my opinion. He avoids the ham-fisted perspectives you can tend to get when it comes to the war on terror, national security, Iraq, etc. He seems to have many contacts within the military and intelligence community which allows him to write a worthwhile analysis that deals with the nuances and complexities of the topic at hand. And love or hate him, regular contributor P.J. O'Rourke's humor is addictive. I also like how with the subscription you get access to their website, which not only archives all the magazines of the past ten years but also posts selected articles from their vaults from over the past 150 years. Maybe that's typical for magazine subscriptions now, I don't know. So far I don't find AM to be too east-coast centric. A lot of the topics are of national interest. A couple of issues ago their cover article was on the talk radio phenomenon, and most of the reporting came from interviewing and observing hosts at a major talk radio station in Los Angeles. Edited September 27, 2005 by joeface Quote
BeBop Posted September 27, 2005 Report Posted September 27, 2005 Volume 296 No. 4 | November 2005 CALENDAR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COMMENT THINGS LEFT UNDONE Why has an administration that talks so much about homeland security been so unable to secure the homeland? by Richard A. Clarke WASHINGTON PROGRESSIVE DEMENTIA One element of the president's Social Security plan will rise again. It shouldn't by Joseph E. Stiglitz CASE HISTORY WHITE HOUSE SLEUTHS by Matthew Quirk THE LAW WHAT WOULD ZIMBABWE DO? The U.S. Supreme Court looks abroad for help in interpreting the Constitution by Emily Bazelon THE ODDS WHO WILL WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? by John Sellers THE LIST THE ROCKY ROAD TO SAINTHOOD by Tyler Cabot FOREIGN AFFAIRS DECLARE WAR It's time to stop slipping into armed conflict by Leslie H. Gelb and Anne-Marie Slaughter PRIMARY SOURCES Post-Gaza Israel; the travails of black cabbies; the (continuing) migration of the Electoral College; how to spot a spy compiled by Marshall Poe, Ross Douthat and Terrence Henry THE WRATH OF KHAN How A. Q. Khan made Pakistan a nuclear power—and showed that the spread of atomic weapons can't be stopped by William Langewiesche COMING SOON AN INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE The author of this month's cover story talks about nuclear proliferation and A. Q. Khan, the scientist who brought nuclear weapons to Pakistan. [Web only] THE GREATEST STORIES NEVER TOLD Some of the most delicious unpublished journalism gets passed around like a secret handshake by Alex Beam NO ORDINARY TOME Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin's much anticipated book about Abraham Lincoln, marks her return to the arena after a devastating scandal. Throughout her personal trials, Goodwin says, Lincoln himself proved to be a major source of consolation. by Thomas Mallon THE NEW JAPANESE SAT A history lesson by Christopher Buckley IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF TOCQUEVILLE (PART V) A year-long journey ends on the coast of New England by Bernard-Henri Lévy DOES MERITOCRACY WORK? Not if society and colleges keep failing to distinguish between wealth and merit by Ross Douthat by Matthew Quirk IS THERE LIFE AFTER RANKINGS? A report card from one college president, whose school now shuns the U.S. News ranking system—and has not only survived but thrived by Colin Diver WHAT DOES COLLEGE TEACH? It's time to put an end to "faith-based" acceptance of higher education's quality by Richard H. Hersh YOU ARE NOT ALONE College newspapers discover the sex column by Sheelah Kolhatkar EDITOR'S CHOICE WAR WITHOUT END The Third Reich in Power, by Richard J. Evans; A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, by Patrick Leigh Fermor; Pétain, by Charles Williams; In Command of History, by David Reynolds; Forgotten Armies, by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper reviewed by Benjamin Schwarz THE PRISONER OF COOL Elmore Leonard's talents have increasingly become cooped up in his hallmark tough-guy aesthetic by B. R. Myers READING LIST THINK BIG, BE BIG Historians whose work spanned centuries, continents, and bookshelves by Paul Kennedy BOYS WILL BE BOYS The latest in the ever growing field of "You go, girl!" studies reviewed by Caitlin Flanagan COMING SOON THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD Articles by Karl Menninger, Bruno Bettelheim, Caitlin Flanagan, and others on how to raise well-adjusted children. [Web only] NEW FICTION Household Words, by Joan Silber reviewed by Elizabeth Judd FREE AND EASY Ben Franklin, comic genius reviewed by Christopher Hitchens A CLOSE READ In the Fold, by Rachel Cusk by Christina Schwarz BEST SELLERS ABROAD RUSSIA by Jeffrey Tayler POETRY PANEL AT THE PRESS CLUB by Tom Sleigh HER DAUGHTER by Kathryn Stripling Byer LOOSESTRIFE [with audio] by Greg Delanty MIDDAY MIRAGE [with audio] by David Sofield INNOCENT BYSTANDER FATWA CITY Behavior modification gets down to business by Cullen Murphy TRAVELS THE MOTHER LOAD "Oh, my God—Southwest to Tampa with a thousand people!" A report on the new Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane by P. J. O'Rourke FOOD BETTER BACON A new cult takes hold by Corby Kummer THE PUZZLER OUR CRYPTIC HOBBY by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon WORD COURT by Barbara Wallraff POST MORTEM AN OLD-SCHOOL COPPER Jack Slipper (1924–2005) by Mark Steyn WHO'S WHO A selective index to this month's issue compiled by Benjamin Healy Quote
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.