RUSHDIE 2 LST

He described his days in hiding as "very nasty". "This
was a period in my life where people said very nasty things
about me" and "I thought during the time of the attack on that
particular novel the best thing I could do is to keep
writing".
Rushdie, whose other works include 'The Moor's Last
Sigh' and 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet', said seeing his work
cataloged and on display "brings me a step closer to writing
about my controversial life".
Put on display at Emory are his e-mails and written
correspondents from 1970 to 2006 and the exhibits include
letters exchanged between Rushdie and people in limelight
including U2's Bono and then Senator Barack Obama.
Journals and appointment books describe his creative
process and how he developed his characters and non-fiction
works. Personal papers include financial, legal and family
records. Rushdie's own "doodles" speak to his artistic nature,
and viewers can also see photos of Rushdie from his childhood
in Bombay to his current hobnobbing with Hollywood. (His
ex-wives include "Top Chef" host and model Padma Lakshmi.)
"From the moment I agreed to do this, I knew it was
going to be sort of embarrassing," Rushdie said during a media
tour of the exhibit. "The biggest issue for me in the whole
discussion with Emory had to do with privacy and the
boundaries of privacy... it's not just my privacy at stake,
but also other people." PTI