Tuesday, March 30, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Drake Knapp Center, Drake University

The lecture is free and open to the public. After the lecture, all guests are invited to a reception and book signing.

One of the world’s most respected writers, Salman Rushdie uses his unique upbringing and personal history to make bold statements about life on earth. He perhaps is best known for his 1989 book The Satanic Verses, which caused an international controversy and prompted the Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa calling for his death. The government of Iran lifted the fatwa in 1998, but it was while living under constant threat of violence that Rushdie produced some of his most sincere and beautiful work. His most recent book is Step Across This Line: Collected Non-Fiction, 1992-2002.

For more information about the event, please call 515-271-3994.

The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a gift from Melva and the late Martin Bucksbaum, former chairman and president of General Growth Corp. and longtime member of Drake’s governing board. Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lectureship Committee: Neil Hamilton (chair), Julian Archer, James Autry, Pamela Bass-Bookey, Melva Bucksbaum, Mary Bucksbaum Scanlon, Michael Gartner, Rod Henshaw, G. David Hurd, Robert Woodward and Eleanor Zeff. The lectureship is administered by Susan Breakenridge, Cowles Library.