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Salman Rushdie renews fight against book-banning -- 3 essential articles on right-wing challenges to what schoolkids can read

  • Written by Howard Manly, Race + Equity Editor, The Conversation US
Salman Rushdie renews fight against book-banning -- 3 essential articles on right-wing challenges to what schoolkids can readSalman Rushdie speaks at the PEN America Literary Gala on May 18, 2023, in New York City.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America

No one needs to tell Salman Rushdie about the cost of free speech.

In 1989, Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” triggered the ire of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who called for the...

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