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THANK YOU for joining us to #StandWithSalman today at @nypl & THANKS ALSO to all the readers and writers around the world who joined us on social media, sharing #RushdiesWords, honoring his work for #FreeExpression around the world—& wishing @SalmanRushdie a very speedy recovery!
To participate in #StandWithSalman, I read an excerpt from Haroun and the Sea of Stories on my IG this afternoon and then wrote about it this evening.
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https://jeanspraker.com/2022/08/19/standwithsalman-in-a-sea-of-stories/
Read from @SalmanRushdie’s work tonight at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. #StandwithSalman @PENamerica
