It's April 13th. Some want to call it Christopher Hitchens Day. I agree with Staks Rosch: "While some atheists will be raising a glass of Johnny Walk Black in his honor, I think the time for that solute is over. Now is the time to share his wit and wisdom with others in celebration of his life. So pick up your copy of God Is Not Great or your Quotable Hitchens and share a quote or three on your social networks and with your friends and family on his birthday. Read more (examiner.com)
Then again, why not do both?
There's also a Hitch day facebook event http://www.facebook.com/events/328324723893296/
Ephraim Hardcastle asks "What would Christoper Hitchens make of his Vanity Fair memorial arrangements?"
It's an invitation-only event at Cooper Union school in New York, on April 20.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129092/What-Christoper-Hitchens-make-Vanity-Fair-memorial-arrangements.html#ixzz1rtRRmk94
Then we have the PEN World Voices Festival, New York City, with a Christopher Hitchens tribute on Monday, April 30.
With Graydon Carter, Victor S. Navasky, George Packer, and Katha Pollit. Moderated by Ian Buruma.
http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6380/prmID/2206
No word yet on a possible London, UK memorial.
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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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Birthday, Memorial and a Tribute
April 13, 2012Posted by Tom at 08:23
Labels: 2012, birthday, Christopher Hitchens, Memorial, New York, tribute, Vanity Fair
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The Ephraim Hardcastle paragraph seems a bit snarky without knowing further details...I mean maybe there just wasn't enough room for everyone and they wanted to make sure people who actually knew the man got in? Or maybe they actually were trying to exclude the hoi polloi...without actual evidence or more info, however, I'm going for the "snarky" theory.
All such celebrations are for the living... I don't believe Christopher would mind the living celebrating anything or anyone (worth celebrating of course).
Katha Pollit is going to be on the panel at the PEN event? How ridiculous.
Any word yet on a PUBLIC memorial event for Hitch??
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