Hitchens in Houston, October 8, 2011

September 23, 2011

Atheist Alliance of America

"Christopher Hitchens has confirmed his intent go attend the AAA Convention in Houston on October 8th, to receive the Richard Dawkins Award for Freethinker of the Year. He will also be available to sign copies of his new book "Arguably", which will be for sale at the Convention."

http://atheistallianceamerica.org/

11 comments:

craig said... September 24, 2011 at 11:18 AM: That is excellent news.
I hope that means Hitch has stabilized, and may be, just may be, on the mend. I am holding my breath... Sometimes, hope is the worst thing to have. I hope I am wrong !
keith swan said... September 25, 2011 at 10:27 AM: agreed. The the way it has vbeen carefully phrased *it is his intent" suggested otherwsie.
Andy said... September 25, 2011 at 11:07 AM: Well said Craig,
I'm wishing the same thing. Christopher has been
A great inspiration to me in recent years. He deserves
all the awards the world wishes to bestow upon him.
Get well soon Hitch!
Andy
april said... September 27, 2011 at 6:07 AM: I'm totally going to Houston and introducing myself to you. I don't know how yet, but i will find a way.
Anonymous said... September 27, 2011 at 10:44 AM: for tickets to the show go to www.texasfreethoughtconvention.com "tickets".
Julian 0863 said... September 29, 2011 at 1:26 PM: I can't get to the event - bit far from Sydney! But it would be WONDERFUL to see Christopher
Karen Olsen said... October 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM: Now, if only Seattle was a bit closer to Houston! Best wishes to you, Hitch; and take excellent care of yourself meanwhile!!
Anonymous said... October 6, 2011 at 4:16 AM: Dear Hitch, the world needs you - your books are a joy to read, you are a joy to hear. Wishing you all the best always.
Anonymous said... October 8, 2011 at 11:34 PM: Is he there?
Tom said... October 9, 2011 at 7:42 AM: Yes, he's there.
Anonymous said... October 9, 2011 at 8:06 AM: He was incredible! Stacy W.

Books by Hitchens

2012 Mortality. Twelve Books
2011 Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens. Twelve.
2011 The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism. Da Capo Press
2010 Hitch-22: A Memoir . Twelve/Hachette Book Group.
2007 god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Twelve/Hachette Book Group USA/Warner Books
2007 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-Believer. Perseus Publishing
2006 Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography. Books That Shook the World/Atlantic Books
2005 Thomas Jefferson: Author of America. Eminent Lives/Atlas Books/HarperCollins Publishers
2004 Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays. Thunder's Mouth, Nation Books
2003 A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq. Plume Books
2002 Why Orwell Matters, Basic Books (US)/UK edition as Orwell's Victory, Allen Lane/The Penguin Press.
2001 The Trial of Henry Kissinger. Verso.
2001 Letters to a Young Contrarian. Basic Books.
2000 Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere. Verso.
1999 No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton. Verso.
1997 Hostage to History: Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger. Verso
1997 The Elgin Marbles: Should They Be Returned to Greece? (UK) Verso.
1995 The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice. Verso.
1993 For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports. Verso,
1990 The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favorite Fetish. Chatto & Windus
1990 Blood, Class, and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
1988 Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports. Hill and Wang (US)/Chatto and Windus (UK).
1987 Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles. Chatto and Windus (UK)/Hill and Wang (US, 1988)
1984 Cyprus. Quartet.

As co-author or co-editor

2011 Hitchens vs. Blair: Be it resolved that religion is a force of good in the world. House of Anansi Press
2010 The Best American Essays 2010. Mariner Books
2008 Is Christianity Good for the World? – A Debate (co-author, with Douglas Wilson). Canon Press
2008 Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq and the Left (with Simon Cottee and Thomas Cushman). New York University Press.
2002 Left Hooks, Right Crosses: A Decade of Political Writing (co-editor, with Christopher Caldwell)
1994 When Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds (with Ed Kashi). Pantheon Books
1994 International Territory: The United Nations, 1945-1995 (with Adam Bartos). Verso
1988 Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question (contributor; co-editor with Edward Said). Verso
1981 Inequalities in Zimbabwe (with David Stephen).Minority Rights Group
1976 Callaghan, The Road to Number Ten (with Peter Kellner). Cassell

As contributor

2010 The Sixties: Diaries:1960-1969. Christopher Isherwood. HarperCollins.
2010 Civilization and Its Discontents. Edited by James Strachey. W.W. Norton & Company
2010 New Threats to Freedom. Edited by Adam Bellow. Templeton Press.
2005 A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq, Thomas Cushman (editor). University of California Press
2003 Animal Farm and 1984. George Orwell. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Introduction by CH.
2000 Vanity Fair's Hollywood, Graydon Carter and David Friend (editors). Viking Studio
2000 Safe Area Gorazde, Fantagraphics
1998 After Diana: Irreverent Elegies. Mandy Merck. Verso

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