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Aug 16 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
🧵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…
"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
Can’t be in NYC? Show your support by:

📚 Hosting a public reading of #SalmanRushdie’s work in your community

🤳 Posting your own home video reading a passage of #Rushdie’s work

#⃣Make sure to use #StandWithSalman and tag us @PENamerica

Livestream details to follow... (4/x)
11 AM ET, Friday 8/19: PEN America, @nypl, @randomhouse & @SpeakEasy_House invite everyone who believes in the unfettered power of the written & spoken word & the freedom to speak & write to join them in person in NY or via livestream. #StandWithSalman

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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 Image
No better place to be than here at @nypl!

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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!

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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
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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)
"... 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..."
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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/…
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…
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

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