Salman Rushdie reveals what he learned from the attack that blinded and nearly killed him: ‘There is value in hearing from voices that offend us’
Moments after a knife-wielding audience member charged the stage where acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie was giving a talk on safety for writers in August 2022, Rushdie found himself lying in a pool of his own blood. He had been stabbed at least 12 times. Rushdie had reasons to anticipate a …