Monday/Memeday: Tom

Tom is the man. In a world of sheep, Tom is the llama.

Christopher Hitchens Remembered

“The life and career of award-winning journalist Christopher Hitchens is chronicled in this video collection. Hitchens, in his singular voice, reports and reflects on cultural trends, political events, and the forces that define our Age.”

I certainly didn’t always agree with what Hitchens wrote, but I like reading it.  His life seems to me one prototype of what what a writer’s idealized life should be like.  There are few famous people I’d meeting, or ever wished I’d met.  Hitchens was one of those few:

There’s also this, a nice article that includes a wonderful poem by James Fenton: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/04/remembering-christopher-hitchens.html

And a few others:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/04/remembering-christopher-hitchens.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/12/postscript-christopher-hitchens.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2011/12/takes-christopher-hitchens.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/04/remembering-christopher-hitchens.html

I wish I could have James Fenton read a poem when I die.