In 1989, after Iran's religious leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie, readings of his works were organized around the United States. At this one in San Francisco, novelist Alice Walker reads aloud from Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. Eric Risberg/Associated Press hide caption
Red Keepin' it 100: A dragon flies over King's Landing on House of the Dragon. HBO hide caption
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation is one of more than 40 books being challenged in the Keller Independent School District. AFP Contributor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone (left) and Hadi Matar, who was charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, listen during an arraignment Thursday in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y. Joshua Bessex/AP hide caption
Jewish townspeople of the village of Nasielsk, Poland in 1938. Family Affair Films, US Holocaust Memorial Museum hide caption
Patricia Highsmith in 1942, age 21. Rolf Tietgens, courtesy of Keith De Lellis hide caption
Author Jamil Jan Kochai and his former second-grade teacher, Susan Lung, were reunited after more than 20 years at a reading for the writer's second book, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories, in Davis, California. Jamil Jan Kochai hide caption
Philosopher William MacAskill coined the term "longtermism" to convey the idea that humans have a moral responsibility to protect the future of humanity, prevent it from going extinct and create a better future for many generations to come. He outlines this concept in his new book, What We Owe the Future. Matt Crockett hide caption
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Salman Rushdie is shown attending the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on Nov. 15, 2017, in New York. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie, pictured in 2018, is expected to survive a stabbing attack, his agent says. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie at the Blue Sofa at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images hide caption
The award-winning novelist Chibundu Onuzo has lately been thinking about her life in London and her visits to Nigeria, where she was born: "What do I love most about my trips to Lagos? I lose my self-consciousness there. If I stand out, it's for something other than my skin color." David Levenson/Getty Images hide caption
Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage as he was preparing for a speaking event in western New York on Friday. Grant Pollard/Invision/AP hide caption
Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green, co-authors of Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers Courtesy of the Rodgers-Beaty-Guettel family; Earl Wilson/New York Times hide caption
A photo of Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is displayed during a news conference April 24, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif., announcing the arrest of the man suspected to be the so-called Golden State Killer. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Tom Sturridge as Dream in Netflix's The Sandman. Liam Daniel/Netflix hide caption
