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Which Way, L.A.?

Salman Rushdie's New Memoir

Novelist Salman Rushdie was a target of Islamic fundamentalists 20 years before an anti-Islam video sparked protests around the world. Warren Olney spoke with the author yesterday about controversial art, religious extremism, and Joseph Anton , his new memoir about living under a fatwa.

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KCRW placeholderBy Mike Pesca • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Novelist

Salman Rushdie was a

target of Islamic fundamentalists 20 years before an anti-Islam video sparked protests around the world. Warren Olney spoke with the author yesterday about controversial art, religious extremism, and

Joseph Anton, his new memoir about living under a fatwa.

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    Mike Pesca

    host of The Gist

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    Evan George

    Director of Content, News

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Sonya Geis

    Senior Managing Editor

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    Salman Rushdie

    author

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