Letters to a Young Contrarian is the contribution of which Anglo-American author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and literary critic, social critic, and journalist?
Letters to a Young Contrarian Letters to a Young Contrarian is Christopher Hitchens' contribution, released in 2001, to the "Art of Mentoring" series published by Basic Books.
Advice column An advice column is a column traditionally presented in a magazine or newspaper, though it can also be delivered through other news media, such as the internet and broadcast news media. The advice column format is question and answer: a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response. The responses are written by an advice columnist (colloquially known in British English as an agony aunt, or agony uncle if the columnist is male). The image presented was originally of an older woman dispensing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt". An advice columnist can also be someone who gives advice to people who send in problems to the newspaper.