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Ginger Adams Otis is an editor and reporter with The Wall Street Journal in New York.
Remember that episode of “Seinfeld” in which Kramer thinks Salman Rushdie is a member of his health club? But he goes by Sal Bass (“He just replaced one fish with another, Jerry!”)? I saw it when I ...
Index investigates the culture of secrecy shrouding maternity services and women’s healthcare in England On 14 February 1989 Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to execute author ...
Writers & Company looks back, 30 years later In February, the 77-year-old Rushdie returned to the area and testified in the trial against his assailant, Hadi Matar. A jury found Matar guilty ...
Man who stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie guilty of attempted murder Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed and partially blinded the novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a New York arts institute ...
Earlier, the top two position of the Open Class - One round against the clock (150cm) – were claimed by Khaled Al Hadi, who clocked flawless 31.42 seconds and 31.59 seconds, riding bay gelding ...
For more than 50 years, the St. Louis Literary Award has honored many of the most important writers of our time and celebrated the contributions of literature in enriching our lives. The St. Louis ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro, Salman Rushdie and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation ...
Caro, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is this year’s winner of the Preston Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community and Rushdie, the novelist and determined critic of ...
Salman Rushdie, renowned novelist and unwavering advocate against censorship, was given the Champion of Writers Award for his “steadfast commitment to free expression.” Representing over 15,000 ...
NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie, Robert Caro and Sandra Cisneros were honored Monday night at an Authors Guild dinner gala that celebrated the written word and its vital role in the preservation of ...