Rejecting the Assassin’s Veto
None of us must endorse the contents of Charlie Hebdo's cartoons in order to affirm the principle of free expression for which they stand. More
A Celebration of Letters and a Few Characters
PEN American Center Literary Gala Celebrates WritersAnna Wintour and Beyoncé lured the eyes of the fashion world to the shimmering Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,… More
The PEN and Met Galas: A Tale of Two Seatings
The pen is mightier than ... not much For $12,500, you could have been a Patron of last night’s PEN Literary Gala. That would have bought you a table for… More
Twitter CEO optimistic, says news about company’s decline is exaggerated
While Wall Street is concerned over reports of Twitter's slowed user growth, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is optimistic. "We had re-accelerating user growth in our biggest market, the U.S., in… More
Salman Rushdie Respects Twitter, Is Also Kind of Over It
“Oh, that old thing,” Salman Rushdie groans when you bring up the fatwa issued against him by the Ayatollah over his depiction of Mohammed in his novel The Satanic… More
Philip Roth: 2013 Literary Service Award Remarks
Some of whom I met and spoke with were selling cigarettes at a streetcorner kiosk, others were welding a wrench at the public water works, others spent their days… More