As of late, I don't think I've felt as close to anyone as I have to dead (but linguistically immortal) authors. Christopher Hitchens, Bertrand Russell, Frederick Douglass...All have provided moments of insight and inspiration that allow me to imagine the person that I want to be, and to ever work toward becoming. When reading their works, I'm often swept by a warm and timeless feeling that I am not just understood by them, but I am them. Never have I entertained the idea of reincarnation more, and simultaneously be ashamed for making such a comparison in the first place. Nevertheless, despite my own embarrassment in failing to emulate their characters, I still aim to learn from the lessons they have taught. Christopher Hitchens I first came across the fast-talking genius of Hitch through YouTube videos in which he ruthlessly cut down opponents in debates. His disgust of the disingenuous led to my own annoyance of the sort and his piercing logic seems only available to m