Hitchens, Wolpe, Harris, Artson and the Afterlife [EXCERPTS]

By Rob Eshman

"Last week, I took a break from all the news and cares of this life to spend a couple of hours thinking about the next one. My role was to serve as moderator in a discussion entitled, “Is There an Afterlife?” featuring two rabbis, David Wolpe and Bradley Shavit Artson, and two atheists, Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, and Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great."

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2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists announced

Los Angeles Times

Contrarian social critic Christopher Hitchens, rocker Patti Smith and novelist Jonathan Franzen are among the finalists for the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, it was announced Tuesday. The 31st annual prizes will be awarded at a ceremony at The Times on April 29.

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