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Salman Rushdie tells far-right Italian prime minister to 'grow up'
dpa international via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie, known for "Midnight's Children" and "The Satanic...
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...
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...
The week's bestselling books, May 12
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSomehow by Anne Lamott (Riverhead Books: $22) A joyful celebration of love from the bestselling author. 3. Knife by Salman Rushdie (Random House: $28)...
PEN America Writers Threw Their Own Party
Vulture· 5 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...
Local bestsellers for the week ended May 5 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 9 hours agoBased on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers...
Gabriel García Márquez’s Last Lesson
The Nation· 2 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...
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.
How Humans Failed Racehorses
New York Times· 4 days agoIt was a thrilling finish: A long-shot named Mystik Dan held off a late charge by Sierra Leone and a colt from Japan named Forever Young on Saturday to...
