Ayatollah Khomeini Never Read Salman Rushdie’s Book

Plus: how fighting climate change became a partisan issue; Mavis Gallant’s diaries; and Mary Gaitskill, Substack blogger. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, August 14, 2022 Comment How Did Fighting Climate Change Become a Partisan Issue? Twenty years ago, Senator John McCain tried to spearhead an effort. What has happened to Republicans since then? By Elizabeth Kolbert The Attack on Salman Rushdie Daily Comment Ayatollah Khomeini Never Read Salman Rushdie’s Book The notorious fatwa has a complicated history that still plays out, decades later, in Iran’s politics and relations with the U.S. By Robin Wright Daily Comment Salman Rushdie and the Power of Words Efforts are bound to be made to somehow equalize or level the acts of Rushdie and his tormentors and would-be executioners. This is a despicable viewpoint. By Adam Gopnik Personal History The Disappeared How the fatwa changed a writer’s life. By Salman Rushdie Editor’s Pick The New Yorker Interview Mary Gaitskill Has Come Online The writer on the limits of sympathy, the pleasures and perils of the Internet, and the ethics of using someone else’s story. By Alexandra Schwartz Culture Dept. Page-Turner “Don’t Describe It, Remember It” The author’s diaries from 1954. By Mavis Gallant Poems “Manifest” “To that which is coming, I say, / Here, take what is yours.” By Jane Hirshfield Poems “Birthday Poem” “The leash—a fifty footer I staked / out back so she can explore our patch of land— / is tangling, trailing her like a wake.” By Craig Morgan Teicher Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Wrong type of radio on orbiting laboratory: five letters. By Sara Goodchild Daily Shouts This Stop Sign Is Taking Forever to Turn Green You should always use your seatbelt, because it holds the seat’s pants up. In this day and age, it’s not appropriate to sit in a nude chair. By Evan Waite Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. \ Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.