The police said the stores were selling books that supported terrorism, and that two of their owners had been arrested. A brother of the owners decried the raid as βpolitical persecution.β
Hadi Matar is charged with attempted murder in the attack, which took place in 2022 as Mr. Rushdie was about to speak at an arts conference in western New York.
His own experience assisting his terminally ill wife in ending her life set him on a path to founding the Hemlock Society and writing a best-selling guide.
The novelist is 75. Rusty Sabich, the now-retired prosecutor he introduced in βPresumed Innocent,β is 77 β and taking on a new case in βPresumed Guilty.β
The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he shares a detailed and personal account of his decades dealing with China.
Han Kangβs latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. βItβs pain and it is blood, but itβs the current of life,β she said.
In βThe Harder I Fight the More I Love You,β the singer and songwriter outlines the personal and professional challenges that have shaped her career.
A beloved illustrator died in the middle of a project. His son, who had been drifting away from art for years, was given the chance to finish the work.
After winning just about every major science fiction and fantasy award, Nnedi Okorafor explores a traumatic event in her own history in her most autobiographical novel yet.
In Nnedi Okoraforβs new novel, βDeath of the Author,β a once-struggling writer grapples with power, privilege, agency and art after her book becomes a life-changing hit.