Pitt professor Colin MacCabe talks to his longtime friend about the subtle influences of Pittsburgh over the years.
"In April of last year I drove down to stay with my old friend Christopher Hitchens in Washington. He had just received press copies of his memoir "Hitch-22" and I stayed up all night reading it. The next morning I told him that the first two chapters on his mother and father were among the most affecting prose that I had ever read in English."
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First published on February 27, 2011
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Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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A conversation with Christopher Hitchens: How Pittsburgh Made Me
February 27, 2011Posted by Tom at 09:05
Labels: 2011, Christopher Hitchens, Colin MacCabe
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Christopher is a very photogenic man, but very few photos do his beautiful blue eyes justice. Nice account of his life pre911.
Listen to a bit of Simple Minds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8uHbUUrjJ0
Nice article. I didn't know Hitch taught at U Pitt. Anyone know if he taught anywhere else besides U Pitt and the New School?
I was born and raised in this fantastic city and still live here today. It would be one of the highest points in my life if Hitchens were to come back for an event. I am 28 now and wasn't old enough when he was here or appearing at the Warhol, I am saddened that I came a decade too late.
Screw the Pirates!
For anyone who's curious, the taller university building in Russia to which he refers is certainly the city-block-sized Moscow State University:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MGU.jpg
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