How do you write about Salman Rushdie? He has transcended literature—a terrible fate for any writer—and become a symbol, a standard-bearer for free speech. Except when his speech irritates, as it ...

Salman Rushdie recently turned up at a McNally Johnson bookstore near South Street Seaport in Manhattan. "It's actually not particularly close to where I live, but I come here a lot," he said. He was ...

Free expression, courage and Salman Rushdie all go together. The generational fiction writer lived for decades under a death sentence and survived a stabbing attack in 2022. Now, Rushdie’s pen ...