Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie’s memoir is the work of a supreme storyteller
The novelist’s account of the brutal attack on him and how he survived is moving, ghastly and full of self-scrutiny.
- by Peter Craven
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Culture wars
The best thing about the Lehrmann judgment? Its slowness in a time of dangerous speed
We have increasing difficulty in integrating disparate views, and having civil disagreements. The only antidotes are slowness, nuance, and a tolerance for complexity – all things that are increasingly rare.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Did Salman Rushdie foresee the attack that nearly killed him?
Three nights earlier, the acclaimed author had a disturbing dream. It was not his first eerie premonition.
- by JP O'Malley
April books: The attack on Salman Rushdie and rejigging Huck Finn
The book industry is in full swing anticipating cooler weather and more time to read.
- by Jason Steger
Salman Rushdie calls revisions to Roald Dahl books ‘absurd censorship’
Recent changes in Dahl’s children’s books were a joint effort by the publisher and the Roald Dahl Story Company, which manages the works’ copyright and trademarks.
- by Jennifer Hassan
Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a tale of power, exile and steely defiance
The story of a 247-year-old prophetess and poet, Victory City is the author’s 15th novel and the first since he was attacked and severely injured last year.
- by Fiona Gruber
Half-blinded but grateful: Salman Rushdie gives first interview since stabbing
“Well, you know, I’ve been better,” he told The New Yorker. “But, considering what happened, I’m not so bad.”
- by Hillel Italie
Salman Rushdie lost use of eye and hand from attack, agent says
Rushdie’s agent described the “totally unexpected and illogical” attack as one that couldn’t have been prevented.
Opinion
Freedom of speech
Stop linking the attack on Salman Rushdie to cancel culture
We ought to consider the complex new fact that liberal society is endangered by many of those vehemently defending free speech.
- by Pankaj Mishra
Opinion
Freedom of speech
Rushdie got his death threat from the Ayatollah. Now you’re more likely to get one on Twitter
Social media has empowered the censorious, who need no more than a Twitter account to launch malevolent threats against free expression.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker pleads not guilty, denied bail
Hadi Matar, 24, who lived in New Jersey with his mother, is charged with attempted murder and assault.
- by Carolyn Thompson
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