# Salman Rushdie
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Sir Ahmed salman rushdie ( sul-MAHN RUUSH-dee; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
12 to KNOW Morning Brief for Friday, July 31, 2026
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In 'The Eleventh Hour,' Salman Rushdie writes about morality, revenge and ghosts
Salman Rushdie lived for decades under a death sentence and survived a knife attack three years ago. His latest book The Eleventh Hour is his first work of fiction since that near-death experience. These short stories and novellas center around the end of life, what might come after, and the idea o…
A.M. Homes', The Unfolding of an American Democracy [full uncut conversation]]
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This October we’re putting together the first-ever Book Month on Laura Flanders and Friends— just in time for Indigenous People’s Day and election season. And every extraordinary book we’re featuring this month is more timely than ever.
It’s our members that have kept this show available to hundred…
Lewis Millholland — Boise State University Rerelease
Writers often share work in readings, but how often do we write stories that are designed to be read aloud? Lewis Millholland tells Jared about preparing for a reading by creating a piece “that was short, had a lot of repetition, no dialogue, and noticeable voice changes.” Millholland also discusse…
A.M. Homes', The Unfolding of an American Democracy - absent any consensus on what is real and true, all bets are sort of off [episode cut]
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This October we’re putting together the first-ever Book Month on Laura Flanders and Friends— just in time for Indigenous People’s Day and election season. And every extraordinary book we’re featuring this month is more timely than ever.
It’s our members that have kept this show available to hundred…
Alex Gibney on his Terrific New Film MUSK
Alex Gibney is an award-winning filmmaker who's been called “the most important documentarian of our time” by Esquire Magazine. His work has been the recipient of an Academy Award, multiple Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, several Peabody Awards, DuPont-Columbia Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Write…
Spectator Out Loud: Svitlana Morenets, Mary Wakefield, Max Jeffery, Sam Leith and Richard Bratby
On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: In light of the help Israel received, Svitlana Morenets issues a challenge to the West to help Ukraine (1:15); Mary Wakefield questions the slow response to the Ministry of Defence being daubed in paint (7:33); Max Jeffery discusses the aims and tactics of the gr…
Hanif Kureishi - ‘I Write To Stay Alive’
Hanif Kureishi is one of Britain’s most celebrated writers. His debut screenplay, My Beautiful Laundrette, was nominated for an Academy Award, and he went on to write novels including The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy, as well as screenplays for Venus and The Mother.
But in 2022, Kureishi’s life…
Steve McIntosh – The Cultural Dimensions of American Conflict
Normally this week I would post a conversation with John McWhorter. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable to record. He’ll be back next week. This week, I’m presenting my conversation with Steve McIntosh, President, Co-Founder, and Director of the Institute for Cultural Evolutio…
John McWhorter – Rewriting the Script on Race
John McWhorter is back, reporting from his Catskills bungalow for the latest installment in our ongoing conversation. Let’s get into it.
While I’m at home rather than a bungalow, I’m fresh off a wonderful vacation in North Carolina, which I spent surrounded by my wife, children, and grandchildren.…
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