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I go to the graveyard, where we all must go

08.18.2010 by David Murray // 1 Comment

It looks like the writer Christopher Hitchens is dying, and whether you like him or not—my feelings about him have vacillated horribly over the years, and I listen to him still with my head cocked hard—his last journey promises to be the most public and articulate one I can remember.

Notwithstanding our preference to talk about sex, let's get something out of this conversation about death, shall we?

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // cancer, Charlie Rose, Christopher Hitchens, drinking, dying, smoking

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  1. Yossi Mandel says

    August 18, 2010 at 8:30 am

    Or a conversation about life. And it seems Mr. Hitchens is taking that tack.
    How does one go about cocking the head hard? Seems fascinating.

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