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Paul Auster read from @SalmanRushdie's memoir Joseph Anton: "The person you were for your parents was not the person you were with your children, your working self was other than yourself as a lover, and depending on the time of day and your mood you might think of yourself..." 
"... as tall or skinny or unwell or a sports fan or conservative or fearful or hot. All writers and readers knew that human beings had broad identities, not narrow ones, and it was the breadth of human nature that allowed readers to find common ground... " (2/x)
"... and points of identification with Madame Bovary, Leopold Bloom, Colonel Aureliano Buendía, Raskolnikov, Gandalf the Gray, Oskar Matzerath, the Makioka Sisters, the Continental Op, the Earl of Emsworth, Miss Marple..." (3/x)
At @nypl and around the globe, readers and writers are standing in solidarity with @SalmanRushdie and celebrating his tireless advocacy for freedom of expression and the plight of imperiled writers around the globe. #StandWithSalman
Thank you to all the readers and writers and friends of @SalmanRushdie and supporters of free expression who came to #StandWithSalman today.
We are #LouderTogether!
@PENamerica @nypl @randomhouse @SpeakEasy_House
We are #LouderTogether!
@PENamerica @nypl @randomhouse @SpeakEasy_House
Colum McCann reads from "Out Of Kansas" (1992) by @SalmanRushdie: "I remember what matters. I remember that 'The Wizard of Oz'—the film, not the book, which I didn’t read as a child—was my very first literary influence..." (1/x)
"... My father, Anis Ahmed Rushdie, was a magical parent of young children, but he was prone to explosions, thunderous rages, bolts of emotional lightning, puffs of dragon smoke, and other menaces of the type also practiced by Oz..." #StandWithSalman (2/x)
"... the Great and Powerful, the first Wizard De-luxe. And when the curtain fell away and his growing offspring discovered, like Dorothy, the truth about adult humbug, it was easy for me to think, as she did, that my Wizard must be a very bad man indeed..." (3/x) #StandWithSalman
PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel opens #StandWithSalman event at @nypl:
"When a would-be murderer plunged a knife into Salman Rushdie's neck he pierced more than just the flesh of a renowned writer. He sliced through time, jolting all of us to recognize that..." (1/x)
"When a would-be murderer plunged a knife into Salman Rushdie's neck he pierced more than just the flesh of a renowned writer. He sliced through time, jolting all of us to recognize that..." (1/x)
"... horrors of the past were hauntingly present. He infiltrated across borders, enabling the long arm of a vengeful government to reach into a peaceful haven. He punctured our calm, leaving us lying awake at night contemplating the sheer terror of those moments..." (2/x)
"... on stage at Chautauqua. And he shattered our comfort, forcing us to contemplate the frailty of our own freedom.
Today we gather to #StandWithSalman, our stalwart leader and comrade who is enduring agony wrought by a 33 year old vendetta..."
Today we gather to #StandWithSalman, our stalwart leader and comrade who is enduring agony wrought by a 33 year old vendetta..."
One week after the brutal attack that left author @SalmanRushdie with severe injuries, the New York literary community is rallying in solidarity with an outdoor event of readings from his acclaimed works on the steps of @nypl on 5th Ave.
#StandWithSalman pen.org/press-release/…
#StandWithSalman pen.org/press-release/…
Join @PENamerica @nypl @penguinrandom & @SpeakEasy_House as we gather with friends, supporters, readers, and members of the literary community to read from Rushdie’s body of work.
#StandWithSalman
Friday, August 19
11:00 am ET
476 5th Ave, NY
Details: pen.org/event/stand-wi…
#StandWithSalman
Friday, August 19
11:00 am ET
476 5th Ave, NY
Details: pen.org/event/stand-wi…
Can’t be in NYC? Other ways to show your support:
📚 Host a public reading of #SalmanRushdie’s work in your community
🤳 Post your own home video reading a passage of #Rushdie’s work
#⃣ Use #StandWithSalman and tag us @PENamerica
💻 Follow our live coverage here on Twitter
📚 Host a public reading of #SalmanRushdie’s work in your community
🤳 Post your own home video reading a passage of #Rushdie’s work
#⃣ Use #StandWithSalman and tag us @PENamerica
💻 Follow our live coverage here on Twitter
🧵STAND WITH SALMAN
Friday, August 19, 2022
11:00am ET
New York Public Library
A PEN America, @nypl & @penguinrandom public reading drawn from Rushdie’s body of work.
Can’t be in Manhattan? Read on for more ways to show your support.
#StandWithSalman
pen.org/event/stand-wi…
Friday, August 19, 2022
11:00am ET
New York Public Library
A PEN America, @nypl & @penguinrandom public reading drawn from Rushdie’s body of work.
Can’t be in Manhattan? Read on for more ways to show your support.
#StandWithSalman
pen.org/event/stand-wi…
"Writers around the globe stand in solidarity with @SalmanRushdie and celebrate his tireless advocacy for the freedom of expression... Friday's NYC event will gather friends, supporters, readers, and members of the literary community to read from Rushdie’s body of work." (2/x)
Readers at the #NYC event include: Paul Auster @dwaynebetts @TinaBrownLM Kiran Desai @andreafelliott @DrAmandaForeman A.M. Homes @sirihustvedt @harikunzru Colum McCann @DouglasKMurray @Andrew_Solomon and Gay Talese. Other partners include @SpeakEasy_House. (3/x) #StandWithSalman
