Postcolonial literature

On ‘To the Best of Our Knowledge’ — Toni Morrison, V.S. Naipaul, Amy Tan, Alice Walker, Sherman Alexie and Orhan Pamuk.

Salman Rushdie’s multi-layered novel, three types of postmodernism identified, and Stuff White People Like.

New York playwright Najla Said has struggled to find her identity in the shadow of her father, the late Edward Said. She talks with anchor Carol Hills about her new memoir, "Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family."

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 […]

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.