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Oct 11, 2024 · For the first time in more than two decades, The Atlantic will once again publish monthly, beginning with the January 2025 issue (it has published 10 issues a year since the …
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The first issue of The Atlantic Monthly appeared in November of 1857, and the magazine, which billed itself as a "journal of literature, politics, science, and the arts," was an immediate success.