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Aug 19

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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)

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Aug 19

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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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Aug 19

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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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Aug 18

Moscow-controlled Supreme Court in Crimea has shortened the prison term of journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko by one year to 5 years.

Yesypenko—the 2022 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honoree—was detained in Russian-occupied Crimea on March 10, 2021.
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Commenting on the reduction of Yesypenko's sentence, @PSadovskaya2020, PEN America's Program Director, Eurasia, said: “The ruling made today against Vladyslav Yesypenko, while a shortened sentence, remains completely appalling..." (2/x)

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Added PEN America's @PSadovskaya2020: “Yesypenko should have never been charged or convicted in the first place, and this sentencing still represents a gross violation of the right to freedom of expression. We are calling for his immediate release.” #Yesypenko (3/x)

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Aug 17

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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.

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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…

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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

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Aug 17

NEW: State legislative proposals to restrict the freedom to learn and teach ⬆️ 250% in 2022, reports PEN America. Educational gag orders now law in 19 states home to 122M Americans, underscoring fast escalating threats to #StudentsRights.

More at pen.org/press-release/… #EdScare

New report expands on PEN America’s November 2021 report on educational gag orders & our April 2022 analysis of book bans.

"America’s Censored Classrooms" analyzes 137 educational gag orders in 36 states in 2022 vs. 54 in 22 states in FY 2021. pen.org/press-release/… #EdScare

Major findings from PEN America's new #AmericasCensoredClassrooms report on educational gag orders (1/2):

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