Salman Rushdie

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

This fall a new opera called Haroun premiered, based on the book Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. In 1989, Rushdie was forced into hiding after the Ayatollah Khomeini and declared that his novel The Satanic Verses was heresy against Islam — essentially marking the writer for assassination. Jonathan Mitchell has the […]

Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Bonus Audio: <em>Luka and the Fire of Life</em>

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Salman Rushdie

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Singer Alina Simone in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia

When Alina Simone (not her real name) met Alina Simone (not her real name either…)

November 20, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Bonus Audio: Luka and the Fire of Life

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Salman Rushdie reads from his new book.

Salman Rushdie

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

When it came to writing his new children’s book, Luka and the Fire of Life, the novelist Salman Rushdie stuck with his attraction to moody themes. “I’ve always liked writing that slightly writes against the grain of what it’s supposed to be doing,” he tells Kurt. “So if it’s a kind of dark thing you […]

There’s No Place Like Home

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Walter Murch and Salman Rushdie reflect on the meaning of home.

Salman Rushdie

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses claims The Wizard of Oz as his “very first literary influence.” He wrote a short book about the movie published by the British Film Institute. As Rushdie explained in a public talk, the meaning of home is especially powerful.