[lbo-talk] Hitchens and a short reading list, mostly about Iran / Islam

shag carpet bomb shag at cleandraws.com
Wed Jul 1 16:13:18 PDT 2009


*sigh* but my question: is it a book that illustrates the "knotted ethics" of writing about authoritarian societies?

if not, then how would you describe it?

tx

shag

At 07:02 PM 7/1/2009, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> >
> > "Letters to a Young Contrarian"
> >>
> >
> > I lived. Turned out to be overrated.
> >
> > Dennis
>
>
> I just read *Obituary to a Former Contrarian *(is that the title) the other
>day, it was excellent.
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