Christopher Hitchens speaks on “Crucibles: Past and Present” followed by a conversation with PEN World Voices Festival Chair, Salman Rushdie. Hitchens replaces Sherman Alexie who was previously scheduled.
Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School. He is the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Mother Teresa, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, and his No. 1 New York Times and National Book Award nominee, God Is Not Great. His next book, Hitch-22: A Memoir, will be released this June.
• Antonio Romani: Cosa succede quando due splendidi prodotti maschi della più inossidabile razionalità occidentale si siedono come se fossero davanti al caminetto, e invece sono di fronte ad un pubblico, che loro pensavano sarebbe arrivato più numeroso? [more]
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