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A last word from Christopher Hitchens
By: Gina Dalfonzo|Published: January 5, 2012 10:41 AM
Topics: Arts & Media, Books, Disasters & Humanitarian Efforts, Religion & Society

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Hitchens's final essay has just come out in Vanity Fair -- and it's about Charles Dickens. I approve. And I hope that thinking about Dickens and his belief in God -- for he did believe, whatever the debunkers say -- did Hitchens some spiritual good.

(Speaking of Dickens, Dickensblog is celebrating his 200th birthday with a charity fundraiser. Head over here if you're interested in helping out!)

Comments:

Raising my fin
to be paid to swim in great literature. :)
Posted By: Ellen M on January 05, 2012 1:58 PM
You guys are sharp. I knew one of you -- or all of you -- would catch that "Greatest Birthday" line. :-)
Posted By: Gina Dalfonzo on January 05, 2012 11:34 AM
"the Greatest Birthday Ever Told"????!!?!?! Um, Gina,... isn't that a bit surprising, coming from Hitchens?

And "darkening our Decembers" - I'm trying to imagine just how dark December would be without Christmas lights everywhere. If anything, December is a bit too well lit:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sskLgbQVHYs/TvXPidLPpdI/AAAAAAAAAgc/zWq4y2zorug/s1600/thumbs_chistmas_lights_on_a_house_and_neighbor_with_omg.jpg

But it is good to see a balanced treatment of Dickens in an article that might well not have been balanced.

And paying you to read Dickens seems a bit like paying a fish to swim, but I think I can find a few bucks to help Somaly Mam rescue slaves.
Posted By: LeeQuod on January 05, 2012 11:23 AM

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