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SALMAN RUSHDIE


What to Read in 2023

A preview of the fiction, biographies, memoirs, mysteries and more to watch for in the new year.

washingtonpost.com

Iranian reset should start with Biden firing Special Envoy Malley

Biden administration needs an Iranian reset that would start with firing Special Envoy Malley, enforce existing US and UN sanctions and support the people.

foxnews.com

Booker Prize winner lets ghosts of Sri Lanka's past speak

Shehan Karunatilaka wrote his Booker Prize-winning novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” to give voice to Sri Lanka’s dead.

US sanctions Iranian group that put bounty on Rushdie's life

The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that put a bounty on the head of British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event.

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand, his agent says

Literary agent Andrew Wylie told newspaper El Pais that Rushdie suffered three serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso after a stabbing attack in August.

npr.org

Salman Rushdie lost partial vision, use of hand after attack, rep says

In an interview with El País, Andrew Wylie said novelist Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed in August, lost vision in one eye and the use of one of his hands.

washingtonpost.com

Salman Rushdie unable to see from one eye or use one hand after attack, agent says

The author's literary agent discussed his injuries in an interview with El País over the weekend.

cbsnews.com

Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack by a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York.

Novel by Sri Lanka's Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize

Writer Shehan Karunatilaka has won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.”.

Nobel panel to announce winner of literature prize

The winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm

washingtonpost.com

French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature

French author Annie Ernaux has staunchly defended a woman's right to abortion after winning this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nobel Prize season arrives amid war, nuclear fears, hunger

This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster.

The Move to Eradicate Disagreement

What troubles me when the censorious types speak is not that they speak but that their response is to call for less speech.

theatlantic.com

Where the Hatred Comes From

What I learned in the space between death threats and bodyguards

theatlantic.com

Prosecutors in Rushdie attack want delay to review evidence

The criminal case against the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie involves so much potential evidence that prosecutors say they need more time to review it.

Chautauqua Institution re-examines security after Salman Rushdie attack

When the author was attacked earlier this month, he was taking the stage at New York's Chautauqua Institution. The storied place in American cultural life is now rethinking how open it should be.

npr.org

Exiled writers reflect on freedom of speech in America in light of Rushdie attack

For dissident writers fleeing persecution overseas, the United States has long been a safe haven, a place where freedom of expression is tolerated and, even, valued.

npr.org

Biden administration responds to Iran's offer on nuke deal

The Biden administration says it has responded to Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.

US, Iran inch closer to nuke deal but high hurdles remain

The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.

Reading Rushdie in Iraq

For one young Iraqi man, discovering the writer’s work opened up a world beyond Islamic orthodoxy.

theatlantic.com

Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie

Friends and fellow authors have spoken out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library.

Paul Auster, Aasif Mandvi and others support Salman Rushdie with public readings

Writers Jeffrey Eugenides, Roya Hakakian, Kiran Desai, Tina Brown, Gay Talese and others gave live readings from the author's work as he recovered from a brutal attack.

npr.org

Iran Deal Tantalizingly Close, But U.S. Faces New Hurdles

The Biden administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to forging a lasting agreement.

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Iran Deal Tantalizingly Close, But U.S. Faces New Hurdles

The Biden administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to forging a lasting agreement.

newsy.com

Iran Deal Tantalizingly Close, But U.S. Faces New Hurdles

The Biden administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to forging a lasting agreement.

www1.newsy.com

Since 1989, threats to Salman Rushdie have sparked support and debate on free speech

Last week's attack has reignited debates over free speech, censorship and offensiveness that were already heated back in 1989, when an op-ed by a former president called Rushdie's book an "insult."

npr.org

Iran deal tantalizingly close, but US faces new hurdles

Last week’s attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national for plotting to murder former national security adviser John Bolton have given the Biden administration new headaches as it attempts to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

A judge denies bail for the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

The Chautauqua County district attorney said that Hadi Matar stabbed the author a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.

npr.org

Judge Denies Bail For Salman Rushdie's Attacker, Bars Interviews

Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he rushed the stage and stabbed Salman Rushdie.

newsy.com

Grand jury indicts Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker

The author continues to recover from the stabbing last week.

washingtonpost.com

Salman Rushdie's attacker is indicted by grand jury

The 24-year-old New Jersey man is set to appear on the charges today in a western New York courtroom.

cbsnews.com

Judge denies bail for Rushdie's attacker, bars interviews

A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York.

Rushdie Attack’s Roots Lie in India, Not Iran

British-era laws against insulting religion led to the banning of “The Satanic Verses” 30 years ago and continue to exact a high price in the subcontinent today.

washingtonpost.com

Salman Rushdie attacker 'surprised' the author survived

The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from jail, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution after he saw a tweet last winter about the writer's planned appearance. Matar, 24, said he considered late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person” but wouldn't say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 that called for Rushdie’s death after the author published “The Satanic Verses.”

news.yahoo.com

Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites

The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim community

washingtonpost.com

Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites

The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim community.

Salman Rushdie and the long shadow of ‘The Satanic Verses’

Salman Rushdie was marked for death and celebrated as an icon after writing "The Satanic Verses." Last week's near-fatal attack reminds us of the stakes

latimes.com

The Man Onstage With Salman Rushdie

Henry Reese, who was about to speak with the writer before he was attacked, has made it his life’s work to provide a safe place for endangered writers.

theatlantic.com

Doctor convicted of sexually abusing patients kills himself in jail

Dr. Ricardo Cruciani, a neurologist convicted last month of sexually abusing patients, reportedly committed suicide at a New York City jail on Monday. Cruciani was awaiting sentencing at the time of his death, and faced up to life in prison.

news.yahoo.com

Everything we know about the attack on Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie, known for his controversial work "The Satanic Verses," was stabbed in New York before a lecture. Here's what we know about the attack.

news.yahoo.com

In 1992, Salman Rushdie wasn’t sure he’d ever be safe

In 1992, Salman Rushdie took a secret trip to Washington to plead for help.

washingtonpost.com

Salman Rushdie and the death of safe spaces

Salman Rushdie's appearance at Chautauqua was a thrilling affirmation of the importance of unfettered arenas of intellectual exchange.

washingtonpost.com

Iran Denies Involvement But Justifies Salman Rushdie Attack

While Iran hasn't focused on author Salman Rushdie in recent years, a decades-old Islamic edict demanding his killing still stands.

newsy.com

Police probe "online threat" to J.K. Rowling over pro-Rushdie tweet

After her tweet backing the author, someone tweeted to her, "Don't worry you are next."

cbsnews.com

Iran denies involvement in Rushdie attack, says he brought it on himself

Tehran, in its first public reaction, said Salman Rushdie and his supporters were to blame for an attack that left the “Satanic Verses" author with severe injuries.

washingtonpost.com

Iran denies it was involved in the attack on Salman Rushdie

An Iranian government spokesperson added that Iran did not "have any other information more than what the American media has reported."

npr.org

Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie

An Iranian government official is denying that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack

washingtonpost.com

Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

An Iranian government official has denied that Tehran was involved in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie.

Mom of Rushdie Stabbing Suspect Says She’ll Never Speak to Him Again

Chautauqua County Jail/Handout via ReutersThe mother of the man accused of leaping onstage to attack author Salman Rushdie condemned her son on Sunday, saying he was responsible for his own actions and that his family would be moving on “without him.”Born Muslim in Lebanon, Silvana Fardos has been in the U.S. for more than 25 years, she told the Daily Mail. She’d never heard of Salman Rushdie before getting a frantic phone call from her daughter on Friday, she said.“I never read any of his books

news.yahoo.com

Ayatollah Khomeini Never Read Salman Rushdie’s Book

The notorious fatwa has a complicated history that still plays out, decades later, in Iran’s politics and relations with the U.S.

newyorker.com

After a stabbing attack, Salman Rushdie can talk and joke

The author is recovering, but it would be a long process, Rushdie's agent said. His injuries include a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye.

npr.org

Salman Rushdie and the Cult of Offense

This is what happens when you debase free expression in the name of free expression.

theatlantic.com

Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator as ‘road to recovery’ begins, agent says

Rushdie's agent said Sunday that the renowned novelist had sustained "severe injuries" but that he was on the road to recovery.

washingtonpost.com

Salman Rushdie 'on the road to recovery,' agent says

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author is “on the road to recovery” two days after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.

Suspect in Rushdie attack pleads not guilty

The man accused of a stabbing attack on "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie has entered a not-guilty plea to charges of attempted murder and assault. (Aug.13) (AP video: Carolyn Thompson)

news.yahoo.com

Salman Rushdie and the Power of Words

Efforts are bound to be made to somehow equalize or level the acts of Rushdie and his tormentors and would-be executioners. This is a despicable viewpoint.

newyorker.com

What is Chautauqua? The site of the Rushdie attack has a long history.

A brief history of the Chautauqua Institution, site of the Salman Rushdie attack.

washingtonpost.com

To Support Salman Rushdie, Just Read Him

The author would like to be known for more than The Satanic Verses controversy. We can do something about that.

theatlantic.com

Why Salman Rushdie's work sparked decades of controversy

Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked this week. He has been the subject of death threats since his book The Satanic Verses was published in 1988.

npr.org

Why Salman Rushdie's work sparked decades of controversy

Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked this week. He has been the subject of death threats since his book The Satanic Verses was published in 1988.

npr.org

Details emerge about Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect as author remains hospitalized with "serious" wounds

The author will likely lose an eye, and the nerves in his arm were "severed" and his liver was "stabbed and damaged," his agent said.

cbsnews.com

Prosecutor: Stab Attack On Salman Rushdie Was 'Preplanned'

Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed on stage before his scheduled lecture in NY.

newsy.com

Author Salman Rushdie On Ventilator After New York Stabbing

His agent said the writer was on a ventilator with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm and an eye he was likely to lose.

newsy.com

Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack

Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk, a day after being stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture.

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie — the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death

washingtonpost.com

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie — the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death.

Author Salman Rushdie on Ventilator after Stabbing Attack in New York

Acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed in a small town in Western New York on Friday morning as he prepared to give a lecture.

news.yahoo.com

By chance, AP reporter on scene to witness Rushdie attack

By chance, Associated Press reporter Joshua Goodman was at the venue in western New York when author Salman Rushdie was attacked on Friday.

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York

Salman Rushdie's agent says the writer is on a ventilator after being stabbed in the neck and abdomen on a western New York stage where he was about to give a lecture.

Damian Lewis, Ian Rankin honored by queen on her jubilee

Actor Damian Lewis and crime writer Ian Rankin are among hundreds of Britons honored by Queen Elizabeth II as she celebrates 70 years on the throne.

Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa's gloom

South African author Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize for fiction on Nov. 3 for his novel “The Promise,” the story of a white South African family in decline in the years before and after the end of the racist apartheid system.

Writers warn in open letter against threat to free speech

The letter comes amid a debate over so-called cancel culture where prominent people face attack for sharing controversial opinions. The forces of illiberalism are gaining strength throughout the world and have a powerful ally in Donald Trump, who represents a real threat to democracy, the letter said. But resistance must not be allowed to harden into its own brand of dogma or coercionwhich right-wing demagogues are already exploiting. In a series of tweets, Rowling said she supported transgender rights but did not believe in erasing the concept of biological sex. The letter criticized the state of public debate and the swift and severe retribution dealt out to any perceived wrongs.

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