Christopher Hitchens, 1949?2011

Christopher Hitchens, 1949?2011

Christopher Hitchens, 1949?2011

Christopher Hitchens died yesterday, at the age of sixty-two. While Hitchens is now most known for his writings and positions on foreign policy after September 11, he spent decades contributing to conversations on the left, occasionally in the pages of Dissent. We’ve gathered articles and reviews that Hitchens wrote for the magazine in the 1990s, along with reviews of his books by Eric Alterman, Michael Kazin, Keith Gessen, and Peter Mandler.

?Against Lesser Evilism? ? Fall 1996

?Oscar Wilde?s Socialism? ? Fall 1995

?Critic of the Booboisie? ? Summer 1994

?The New Complainers? ? Fall 1993

?Maestro of Resentment? ? Fall 1990

?Something about Christopher? by Eric Alterman ? Fall 2010

?The Passion of Christopher Hitchens? by Michael Kazin ? Summer 2005

?The Marginaliaist? by Keith Gessen ? Summer 2001

?A Greek in Rome? by Peter Mandler ? Spring 1994


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