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The Stakeout

At a bus stop in Costa Rica, a 9-year-old boy is dropped off by his father and abducted by his mother and her ex-husband. Audio and transcript from the files of Atlantic contributor Nadya Labi.

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Villanelle with a Refrain from the Wall Street Journal

A poem by Andrew Hudgins, read by the poet

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Out of the Woods

A poem by Mary Jo Salter, read by the poet

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Grave

Billy Collins reads aloud his poem from the September 2009 Atlantic.

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Boy

A poem by Carol Muske-Dukes, read by the poet

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Bone Fires

A poem by Mark Jarman, read by the poet

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Desmond Tutu's Laughter

The South African archbishop dissolves into infectious mirth during an interview.

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Marine

Rosanna Warren reads a poem by Arthur Rimbaud

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Antique

Rosanna Warren reads a poem by Arthur Rimbaud

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Searching

A poem by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, read by the author

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The Significance of the Hillary Clinton Memos

Marc Ambinder interviews Joshua Green about his September feature story

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Bower Bird

A poem by Caki Wilkinson

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We Are All Businessmen

Mark Fabiano reads his short story from The Atlantic's 2008 Fiction issue.

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The Second Coming of Gray Badger

Carter Simms Benton reads his short story from The Atlantic's 2008 Fiction issue.

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Obituary

Jessica Murphy Moo reads her short story from The Atlantic's 2008 Fiction issue.

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Carmen Elcira: A (Love) Life

Cristina HenrĂ­quez reads her short story from The Atlantic's 2008 Fiction issue.

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Nixonland: A Book Discussion

Ross Douthat, who reviewed Richard Perlstein's new book for the May Atlantic, interviews the author about the Watergate era and challenges his vision of modern-day America....

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The Contest for Africa

Eliza Griswold talks with Lisa Mullins of Public Radio International's The World about the clash between Islam and Christianity along Nigeria's Middle Belt.

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Barack Obama and the Economic Future of America

Obama's economic advisor, Professor Austan Goolsbee of the University of Chicago, talks with Megan McArdle about the health care debate, the credit debacle, the Federal Reserve's limitations, and other major issues that will face the next American president.

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Obama on the Baby Boomers

The presidential hopeful tells Andrew Sullivan about his plan to bridge four-decades-old divides.