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Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly, review: testament to the author’s staggering strength
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoSalman Rushdie, having lived under a death sentence since 1989, has developed a nice line in gallows...
Salman Rushdie tells far-right Italian prime minister to 'grow up'
dpa international via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie, known for "Midnight's Children" and "The Satanic...
Every Salman Rushdie Book, Ranked And In Order
Forbes· 6 days agoSalman Rushdie is one of the most critically acclaimed authors of his generation, and he’s also become one of the most famous for reasons that go beyond...
Writers attacking Pen America over Israel are burning down their own house
The Hill· 3 days agoIn the United States, we are fortunate that Pen America has championed the freedom to write for the...
Viral list classifies authors as Zionist, urging people not to read their work
The Forward· 8 hours agoHave you ever wondered what fantasy author Neil Gaiman’s views on Israel are? A helpfully...
The week's bestselling books, May 12
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSomehow by Anne Lamott (Riverhead Books: $22) A joyful celebration of love from the bestselling author. 3. Knife by Salman Rushdie (Random House: $28)...
An American writer with a European sensibility, Paul Auster viewed his society from an oblique angle
The Conversation· 7 days agoWith the passing of Paul Auster, who died of lung cancer on April 30 at the age of 77, the aesthetics of postmodernism retreated another significant step back into the past tense of history.
PEN America Writers Threw Their Own Party
Vulture· 13 hours agoOn first view of Tuesday night’s sold-out Freedom to Write for Palestine reading, the event seemed almost indistinguishable from what that corner of the...
Gabriel García Márquez’s Last Lesson
The Nation· 3 days agoToward the end of his life, as his blindness progressed, the shy librarian who answered to the name Jorge Luis Borges began to feel alienated from his...
Lessons From a $100 Million Effort to Reduce Homelessness; and Donor Revolts Spread
The Chronicle of Philanthropy· 6 days agoPEN America has canceled its World Voices Festival, an annual celebration of embattled artists conceived by author Salman Rushdie, and faces an “existential ...
