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Vanity Fair

Bonfire of the Vanity Fair

April 5, 2022January 17, 2023 Jon Hart 1 Comment Christopher Hitchens, Dana Brown, Dilettante, Evan Wright, Graydon Carter, The Devil Wears Prada, Tom Hanks, Vanity Fair

Dana Brown’s memoir about Vanity Fair’s heyday brings back the glamour–and the fall

Orwell

The Boys Who Cried Orwell

January 13, 2021January 16, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment 1984, Andrew Sullivan, Animal Farm, Bret Stephens, Christopher Hitchens, George Orwell, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Louis Menand, Ron Charles, Sean Spicer, Ted Cruz

Everything is Orwellian, apparently

Amis

CREATORS FICTION Writers

‘Inside Story’, or is Martin Amis Just Hedging?

December 21, 2020December 24, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Christopher Hitchens, Evelyn Waugh, Inside Story, John Updike, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, The Whitsun Weddings

Hiding your opinions of famous writers as “fiction” is a cop-out

Amis

Inside Martin Amis

November 16, 2020November 19, 2020 Matt Hanson 1 Comment Christopher Hitchens, Inside Story, Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, Saul Bellow, The New Statesman

In his latest “novel”, the writer dishes on Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin, and Saul Bellow, among others

Cockburn

CREATORS Remembrance Writers

Remembering Alexander Cockburn

June 5, 2020March 15, 2022 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Alexander Cockburn, Christopher Hitchens, Edward Said

Controversial lefty journalist battled the right wing and mainstream liberals

Fahrenheit 11/9

DOCUMENTARY FICTION FILM

How Close Are We To Dystopia? Despite What Michael Moore Says, Not Very.

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Michael Washburn 1 Comment 1984, Christopher Hitchens, Donald Trump, dystopia, fascism, George Orwell, Hitler, Michael Moore, Odon von Horvath, The Age Of The Fish

A Novel By an Avant-Garde Genius Of The 1930s Offers Clarity