PA&L series presents Christopher Hitchens on Jan. 5, 2010
On January 5, Literary Arts is bringing Christopher Hitchens, an outspoken controversial English-American journalist, to the Arlene Schnizter Concert Hall as part of its Portland Arts & Lectures series. Get a pair of free tickets (reserved seats) with a Give!Guide donation of $100 or more to Literary Arts!
Hitchens has been a columnist and literary critic at such publications as Vanity Fair, Slate, The Nation, and The Atlantic. His most recent book, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (published in 2007), was received with mixed reviews.
New York Times critic Michael Kinsley celebrated Hitchens’ “…logical flourishes and conundrums, many of them entertaining to the nonbeliever,” whereas Bruce DeSilva of the Associated Press said that “Hitchens has nothing new to say, although it must be acknowledged that he says it exceptionally well.”
Literary Arts is excited to welcome this prominent author and activist and we invite you to join us for what promises to be an entertaining evening hosted by the self-described “contrarian.”
Tickets for the remaining 3 lectures in the 2009-2010 Portland Arts & Lectures series (speakers include Christopher Hitchens, Ruth Reichl, and Edwidge Danticat) are available now as part of a Holiday package for as little as $60. You also have the opportunity to win 1 of 6 tickets to the remainder of the series by participating in our various Give!Guide Facebook and Twitter contests being held throughout December.
Visit www.give.literary-arts.org for more information.
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