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The coming months will see a trio of titles by popular Draco and Hermione — Dramione — fanfic authors.</a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 5760; --source-height: 3240; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/g-s1-47658/salman-rushdie-stabbing-trial-hadi-matar"> <picture> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-format="webp" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/webp" /> <source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" type="image/jpeg" /> <img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/300/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-original="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/300/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x3240+0+300/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F7e%2Fcdf5b7db4c13874e799413fef560%2Fgettyimages-2153444257.jpg" data-format="jpeg" class="respArchListImg lazyOnLoad" alt="Salman Rushdie presented his book Knife at El Ateneo Library, in Madrid on May 20, 2024." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Salman Rushdie presented his book Knife at El Ateneo Library, in Madrid on May 20, 2024. <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Cesar Luis de Luca/Picture alliance/Getty Images </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Cesar Luis de Luca/Picture alliance/Getty Images </span> </div> </div> <div class="item-info-wrap"> <div class="item-info"> <div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug"><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/national/">National</a></h3> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/g-s1-47658/salman-rushdie-stabbing-trial-hadi-matar" data-metrics-ga4='{"action":"topic_homepage_recirculation_click","category":"recirculation","clickType":"books","clickName":"topic headline click","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/02\/10\/g-s1-47658\/salman-rushdie-stabbing-trial-hadi-matar","clickPosition":"2.4"}' >Salman Rushdie wrote about his attempted murder. Now he will face his attacker in court</a></h2> <p class="teaser"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/g-s1-47658/salman-rushdie-stabbing-trial-hadi-matar"><time datetime="2025-02-10"><span class="date">February 10, 2025  </span></time>Hadi Matar, who is on trial for the knife attack against the British author, has also been accused of supporting terrorism and attempting to carry out a fatwa calling for Rushdie's assassination.</a></p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="item has-image has-audio"> <div class="item-image"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="wide" style=" --source-width: 4181; --source-height: 2352; " > <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/09/1167079326/tom-robbins-obituary-novelist"> <picture> <source srcset="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/05/24/ap661666312585_wide-8b6bca4ecfba25d39f5d78deb28d7cfe49d5e972.jpg?s=300&c=85&f=jpeg" 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