Author: Jennifer Michael Hecht
Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of seven books, including “Doubt: A History’ (HarperCollins, 2003) and the poetry books ‘The Next Ancient World’ (Tupelo Press, 2001) and ‘Funny’ (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005).
Poems
Please Answer All Three of the Following Essay Questions I What would it take to make you what you truly want to be and why will no one cooperate with you on these visions you have of yourself, when it would be so easy for them to finally acknowledge that you are the demon …
You’ve Got No Right
Like most secular people, I used to believe that everyone has a right to choose death. As an atheist, I had no patience for the religious argument that God created your life, and only he should end it. The legal argument against suicide seemed bizarre: you cannot steal from yourself, so it shouldn’t be a …
Standing Up to God
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens (New York: Twelve Books, Hatchette Book Group, 2007, ISBN 13:978-0-44-657980-3) 307 pp. Cloth $24.99. Given that you have already read reviews of God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything and are likely read the book, too, I am here to offer an unusually personal …