this long-ass post<\/a> is the brief tale of the one time I bumped into Mr. Hitchens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I was pretty saddened yesterday by the news of Christopher Hitchens’ death. The inevitability of his cancer diagnosis meant it was a matter of short time, but the lucidity and intelligence of his subsequent writings must have left me optimistic that he’d recover. I’m going to read some of his literary reviews and essays this … <\/p>\n
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Seeing the LP for Who Are You in a bargain bin in 1993 made me nostalgic for the proportions of album covers; Subtraction is nostalgic for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "literature"","block_context":{"text":"literature","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":438,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/its-about-time","url_meta":{"origin":6212,"position":2},"title":"It’s About Time!","author":"Gil","date":"January 31, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm so glad that the new biopic about Christopher Hitchens is coming out in February.I'm not sure about the casting, though . . .","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5345,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-28-2010","url_meta":{"origin":6212,"position":3},"title":"Unrequired Reading: May 28, 2010","author":"Gil","date":"May 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Memorial Day weekend, dear readers! 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