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American literature has always been immigrant.

Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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I do not read the works of Salman Rushdie, I write them. By the time I have finished writing them all I can think of is never reading them again. It's so deep, your involvement with a book, that once it's finished, then you are really done with it.
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