Ever dreamed of making a living — a real living — off the written word? Don’t quit your day job, to sum up poet and …
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Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011): A Career in Quotes
After an arduous fight with esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens — journalist, writer, intellectual and prominent atheist — died Thursday at the age of 62.
Quotes: Writer Murong Xuecun on Censorship in China
“I call this ‘castrated writing’ — I am a proactive eunuch, I have already castrated myself even before the surgeon raises his scalpel.”
MURONG XUECUN, Chinese writer, in a speech on censorship and self-censorship. Murong …
