Salman Rushdie

• 
• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/25/2022
  

  The Bitter Irony of Rushdie Being Attacked at Chautauqua

  by Charlotte M. Canning

  Chautauqua was founded for the discussion of ideas, and while the attack shows there is no perfect asylum from repression, the Institution's survival represents the ongoing commitment to education and civic discussion. 

• 
• SOURCE: The New Republic
  8/16/2022
  

  Salman Rushdie Changed Everything

  by Siva Vaidhyanathan

  The novelist's creative brilliance and critical acclaim signaled a moment for south Asian people around the world to see themselves outside the frame of colonialism and to grapple with the subcontinent's ethnic and religious fissures. 

• 
• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/13/2022
  

  Want to Support Salman Rushdie? Read His Books

  by Randy Boyagoda

  A professor of English literature argues that it would be a shame for the novelist to be known only for the controversy surrounding his novel The Satanic Verses and the threats made against him and others involved in its publication. 

• 
• SOURCE: The Walrus
  

  The Valentine’s Day Fatwa

  by James D. Le Sueur

  Since 1989, February 14 has been a dark anniversary for Salman Rushdie and everyone else who values freedom of expression.