Does Salman Rushdie Have a Cot at 92Y?

I get the seasonal program catalogs for the 92Y Poetry Center (which I love), and I feel like every single season has at least one event with Salman Rushdie.  This time around, he’s speaking on Nov. 22nd. Why is that? Also of note for the 10/11 Season: Paul Auster introduces Israeli writer David Grossman on Oct. 11th Nicole Krauss and Cynthia Ozick on Nov. 8th Jonathan Franzen and Lorrie Moore on Nov. 15th

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Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie get Cozy at 92Y

By Todd Krieger I’m a Californian and that’s a confession and a truth all wrapped up in one. It’s pertinent as this is the lens through which I view a conversation with Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie at the 92 Y which may differ slightly than one who dwells in the Five Boroughs. And while both boys most certainly did lay claim to be cunning linguists and there was the requisite literary name-dropping (though no mention of Kingsley), the marked […]

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