ARCHIVE:
Fighting Words
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“I’m Not Fighting or Battling Cancer—It’s Fighting Me.”
The “unpublished jottings” of Christopher Hitchens from his posthumous book, Mortality.
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A Cuban Dissident Remembers Hitchens
He wrote a story about my husband and me in Vanity Fair, and never lost touch with us.
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How Silly—and Happy—We Were
What happened when I introduced Hitchens to my then-boyfriend Martin Amis.
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The Joyful Life of the Provocateur
Hitchens taught me that provocation isn’t exhausting. It’s fun.
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Christopher Hitchens: Always on the Mark
Behind the scenes on the set of Crossfire.
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The Ruined Table
Hitchens’ ideal: cigarette butts, toppled wineglasses, dirty plates, and a cacophony of argument.
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The Hitch Remembered Everything
Every word. Every detail. His memory was astonishing and devastating.
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Goodbye, Comrade
Every Christmas, Hitchens would come to my house and argue ferociously with Henry Fairlie.
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A Rabbi and Hitchens Walk Into a Bar…
I debated Hitchens six times. Here’s what it was like.
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And Lunch Turned Into Dinner …
Being Hitchens’ friend meant talking, talking, talking.
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The Hitch at Hay
His terrible standup comedy routine, along with the greatest performance of his lifetime.
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Hitchens and I Shared an Office
A very small, windowless office. Here’s what I learned about him.
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Hitchens Teaches Me About Every War in the World
Fred Kaplan on Hitch’s dizzying knowledge of international relations.
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Hitchens Invites Me to Brunch
Andrew Sullivan remembers his friend and fellow transplanted Englishman.
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Christopher Hitchens Remembered
Tributes to the journalist and intellectual from Julian Barnes, Anne Applebaum, James Fenton and others.
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“Hitch, Did You Read My Novel?”
Julian Barnes remembers an excruciating conversation with Christopher Hitchens.
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Why Hitchens Became an American
His friend James Fenton explains Hitchens’ great love of the United States.
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Care To Meet for a Cheap Drink?
For young D.C. journalists, nothing was headier than Hitchens’ boozy instruction in radical politics and literature.
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Brilliant Contrarianism
A delightful spat between Hitchens and Conrad Black, who owned the magazine he worked for.
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