An African American’s response to the killing of Healthcare Insurance CEO Brian Thompson echoes one found in “Midnight’s Children” following the killing of Gandhi.
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Unexpected Responses to a Murder
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Rushdie on Dreams That Refuse to Die
While “Midnight’s Children” may apply only too closely to Trump-led America, there’s some room for hope in it as well.
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The Political Results of Collective Amnesia
Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” describes the kind of amnesia following a traumatic incident that may help explain one of the reasons why Trump beat Biden.
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Trump’s Wall, Symbolic or Literal?
Monday Literature majors will find their training useful in understanding why Donald Trump has chosen to shut down the government. It has to do with the difference between the symbolic and the literal. A literal wall makes very little sense, with the $5.5 billion dollars that Trump is demanding from American taxpayers (not from Mexico) […]
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Using Lit to Battle Fake News
Authors can fight back against autocratic attempts to define reality but can no longer resort to classic realism, Salman Rushdie argues.
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Food Is More Than Food for Esquivel
Esquivel captures the greater significance of food in “Like Water for Chocolate.” I also share a whiskey cake recipe and reflect on the magic in magical realism.
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Can a Dream Hold Us Together?
In “Midnight’s Children,” Rushdie shows the forces destroying India’s dream of national unity. Americans will find it familiar.
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Snakes, Ladders, and National Disunity
Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” gives us profound insights into the forces that divide people–Indians as well as Americans–and also offers solutions.
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The Joker (Trump) Takes Over America
Rushdie compares Donald Trump to Joker in his latest novel.
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