THE ATLANTIC OCTOBER 2019 7VOL. 324–NO. 4 10. 1996 “Get a Weapon”
BY SANDRA SIDI
When a veteran military man
gave me that advice before
I left to join U.S. forces in
Baghdad, I thought he meant
that I needed a way to protect
myself from the enemy.42 Bluebird
BY STANLEY PLUMLYPoetryTHE OMNIVORE
32 Broken Spies
for a Broken
England
BY JAMES PARKER
Mick Herron is the John le
Carré of the Brexit era.
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40 Boy,
Uninterrupted
BY JORDAN KISNER
Ben Lerner, portraitist of
talkative men, explores the
roots of white male rage.BOOKS
44 The Secret Power
of Menopause
BY LIZA MUNDY
The end of fertility doesn’t
mark the start of decline.The Culture File36 BOOKS
Misunderstanding Susan Sontag
BY MERVE EMRE
Her beauty and celebrity eclipse the real source of
her allure—her commitment to cool control.
Essay