March 09, 2005

Department of WTF

When Salman Rushdie visits Bozeman, Montana, this is how the local rag, the Billings Gazette reports about it: India Native Says Great Literature Changes World. Because, in case you missed it, the author's claim to fame is that he was born in India. Wow. Did you know that Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Columbia? Wild, I know.

posted by Laila Lalami at 12:00 AM