In 'The Eleventh Hour,' Salman Rushdie writes about morality, revenge and ghosts

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In the post-9/11 era, American Muslims became the target of government suspicion and surveillance. But while reporting her new book, New York Times Magazine journalist Rozina Ali found that Islamophobia has been present in the United States since at least the 1960s. In today’s ep ...  Show more

Katherine Rundell says it's a mistake for adults to discard children's literature

Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures series follows two kid heroes on their journey to save a group of islands filled with magical beasts. She’s the first children's author since J.K. Rowling to simultaneously top the U.K. and U.S. sales charts. Now, Rundell is out with The N ...  Show more

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