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Christopher Hitchens Remembered
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.