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I'm shocked and distressed to see my friend @SalmanRushdie has been attacked before a talk. He's a good man and a brilliant one and I hope he's okay.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/08/12/rushdie-stabbed-chautauqua/
I hope Salman Rushdie is okay.
–@SuzanneNossel, CEO of PEN America, issued the following statement in response to the attack on author @SalmanRushdie:
“PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Salman Rushdie, who was...