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Giveaway! Win two books from Christopher Hitchens

Either join our Facebook group or leave feedback on our new iTunes feed, and you’re eligible to win copies of Christopher Hitchen’s books Hitch-22 and Arguably. A winner will be randomly selected on February 1st.

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Books maybe you should know about

So many books, so little time. Here are three new books which have come to my attention, which look extraordinarily interesting, but which I have not (yet?) had the time to read. If anyone picks up one of these, I’d … Continue reading

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The Quotable Hitchens

So many books, so little time. I’m looking forward to the May 10th publication of The Quotable Hitchens, a new collection of pithy observations by the Hitch, with a forward by his bud Martin Amis.  I’ve taken a stroll through … Continue reading

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Q&A with Christopher Hitchens

In case you missed it last weekend, here’s C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb interviewing Christopher Hitchens.  They talk mostly about Hitch’s battle with cancer, which he probably gets tired of talking about.  Still, it’s an interesting conversation and encouraging to see that … Continue reading

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Dawkins picks Hitch as 2010 hero

Richard Dawkins has written a rousing essay at Guardian.co.uk praising Christopher Hitchens as his hero for 2010.  I agree.  It takes more than esophageal cancer to stop the Hitch from debating–and destroying– the likes of William Dembski, David Berlinski and … Continue reading

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Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day

The news that Christopher Hitchens is suffering from esophageal cancer has the religious world atwitter.  Reactions from the pious have ranged from schadenfreude that the Great God Denier might soon be struck dead to sincere and humble offers of intercessory … Continue reading

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Topic of Cancer

Worried about the Hitch?  Here’s a detailed and heartfelt essay from Christopher Hitchens from the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, in which he talks about his battle-so-far with esophageal cancer.  Go Hitch!

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Podcast #95 – Hitch-22

Writer/activist Christopher Hitchens has announced he’ll be stepping out of the public light to undergo chemotherapy to treat esophageal cancer.  This is bad and scary news and we’re hoping for a speedy and relatively painless recovery. Meanwhile, Hitchens has just … Continue reading

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Bad news for Hitch

Christopher Hitchens has announced that he will undergo chemotherapy to treat esophageal cancer.  He has suspended his current tour in support of his newly-published memoir Hitch-22.  (In fact, we were looking forward to seeing him here in Atlanta in June … Continue reading

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Hitch-22 book tour

For those interested in Christopher Hitchens’ upcoming memoir Hitch-22 (out June 2nd in hardcover from TWELVE), good news: ol’ Hitchy Hitch will be making several appearances nationwide.  You can find tour dates here.

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