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Literary Brooklyn Gets Its Leading Man
Neuilly :: France | 11 months ago
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Altman for The New York Times Martin Amis at his home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn...The 63-year-old author was wearing a frayed pink shirt, black pants and black boots. In height he occupies that much-disputed territory between five foot six and five
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Earth to God: We could use you right about now
Toronto :: Canada | over 1 year ago
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Video Gallery Photos Mr. Hitchens and his cohort of fellow new atheists have sold a lot of books, to be sure Mr. Hitchens, no matter where you stand on the issue, is a very good read. But if anything, the rhetoric that cast an entire group, which
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MANN: Tardy thanks for Christopher Hitchens
Washington :: DC :: USA | over 1 year ago
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It's hard to say anything about Christopher Hitchens that hasn't been said already, but it's even harder to say nothing. Hitchens died last week, a year-and-a-half after he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He and I were not lifelong friends or
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Appreciation: A recollection of Hitchens' days in Pittsburgh
Seattle :: WA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Bill Steigerwald p> His credentials as a journalist sent him around the world. His credentials as a member of Britain's educated class earned him a ticket to a world of celebrities from authors Salman Rushdie and Martin Amis to international figures
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Appreciation: A night with Christopher Hitchens
Barry :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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The three of us consumed two bottles of Stolichnaya, assorted wines, a substance that shall remain nameless, and perhaps a half-carton of cigarettes...Beforehand, when she invited me, the very beautiful and brainy hostess said the Contrarian-in-Chief
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Christopher Hitchens: the best of his writing online
Oxford :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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David Levenson / Getty Images The loss of Christopher Hitchens leaves the world a far poorer place, but perhaps Salman Rushdie's tribute to him "A great voice falls silent...Of course we can only imagine what he would have gone on to say if he had
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Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62
Houston :: TX :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Christopher Hitchens, the author, essayist and pundit, has died after a lengthy, public battle with cancer. He was 62. Hitchens death was announced in a statement from Conde Nast, publisher of Vanity Fair magazine...Anderson
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Christopher Hitchens on Writing, Mortality and Cancer
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Michael Stravato for The New York Times Christopher Hitchens, left, the journalist Matthew Chapman, the liberal atheist Richard Dawkins, who presented an award to Mr. Hitchens over the weekend, and Carol Blue, Mr. Hitchens's wife. Mr. Hitchens, a
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Collecting what the contrarian said
Bartlett :: TN :: USA | 2 years ago
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In the June issue of Vanity Fair, Christopher Hitchens writes about the newest assault by his esophageal cancer: Most despond-inducing and alarming of all, so far, was the moment when my voice suddenly rose to a childish (or perhaps piglet-like)
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God's fundamental goodness
Toronto :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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Last month, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and columnist Christopher Hitchens met in Toronto to publicly debate the role of religion . During the debate, Mr. Hitchens, an outspoken atheist, argued that to believe in religion is to believe
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