Today in publishing and literature: Christopher Hitchens final memoir will be published simultaneously in the U.K. and U.S., a modest proposal to help authors make more money, and the "Jefferson Bible ...

Christopher Hitchens, a sharp-witted writer, critic and pundit, died Thursday at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston of pneumonia related to esophageal cancer. He was 62. Hitchens was an ...

Christopher Hitchens returns from "the holidays" refreshed and ready to air his grievances with what, in his opinion, may have been the most controversial thing he read in The New York Times before ...

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Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

Two days ago, the great public intellectual Christopher Hitchens passed away from pneumonia, after battling esophageal cancer for close to eighteen months. Many glowing obituaries have since been ...

Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, the author's story tells how a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western ...

In his latest column for Slate, the ailing essayist Christopher Hitchens returns to a favorite target of his, Henry Kissinger, whom was recently found on newly released tapes from his days in the ...

Social critic, Vanity Fair writer and author Christopher Hitchens is not one to shy away from controversy, but revel in it. Is this ingrained or something that someone who has attended Cambridge and ...

Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund ...

One of America's most controversial public intellectuals died last night in a Houston hospital of pneumonia brought on by esophageal cancer. He was 62 years old. Christopher Hitchens was a ...