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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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Los Angeles Times Contrarian social critic Christopher Hitchens, rocker Patti Smith and novelist Jonathan Franzen are among the finalist...
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Hay Festival 2006. "The contrarian traces the history of The Rights of Man from the publication of Part One in 1791 in London and its ...
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By D.B. Grady (The Atlantic) " Hitchens is currently undergoing his fourth chemotherapy treatment, which, he is pleased to report, ha...
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CH interviewed in his home in Washington D.C by Jeremy Paxman. Broadcasted on Nov 29, 2010. Play Full Interview.
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Kindle Exclusive "..Hitchens reflects upon the life and death of Osama bin Laden in this sobering Kindle Single." If you don...
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Pray for me? Christopher Hitchens? By Christopher Hitchens "Even the nicest and most caring religious people are often unaware of qui...
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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln-
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The writings of the martyred socialist Rosa Luxemburg give a plaintive view of history’s paths not taken. By Christopher Hitchens &qu...
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Farewell to Patrick Leigh Fermor and his extraordinary generation. By Christopher Hitchens "The death of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermo...
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A history of the Baghdad Express illuminates the resilience of politicized Islam. By Christopher Hitchens "FEW MOMENTS IN the anna...
An Ode to Christopher Hitchens
April 12, 2011Posted by Tom at 19:01 19 comments
Labels: 2011, Christopher Hitchens
Philip Larkin, the Impossible Man
How the most exasperating of poets met his match
By Christopher Hitchens
"IN MAY 1941, Philip Larkin was the treasurer of the Oxford University English Club and in that capacity had to take the visiting speaker George Orwell out to dinner after he had addressed the membership on the subject of “Literature and Totalitarianism.” Larkin’s main recollection: “We took Dylan Thomas to the Randolph and George Orwell to the not-so-good hotel. I suppose it was my first essay in practical criticism."
Read More (The Atlantic)
By Christopher Hitchens
"IN MAY 1941, Philip Larkin was the treasurer of the Oxford University English Club and in that capacity had to take the visiting speaker George Orwell out to dinner after he had addressed the membership on the subject of “Literature and Totalitarianism.” Larkin’s main recollection: “We took Dylan Thomas to the Randolph and George Orwell to the not-so-good hotel. I suppose it was my first essay in practical criticism."
Read More (The Atlantic)
American Atheists 2011 Convention Update
"CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS (Canceled due to health problems -- Mr. Hitchens will write an original letter to be read at the convention.)"
Dave Silverman, President of American Atheists: Hitchens can't make the convention even by video. He will (hopefully) be writing a statement to be read instead. I am very sad that such a lovely light is growing so dim.
VIDEO: http://www.vimeo.com/23215997
http://www.atheists.org/events/National_Convention
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