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Threats and acts of violence directed toward any author in retaliation for their words imperil free speech for us all. Hoping for safety, wellbeing and freedom from harassment for @jk_rowling https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/business/jk-rowling-salman-rushdie-threat.html
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"The novelist @Hanifkureishi has said that 'nobody would have the balls' to write The Satanic Verses today. More precisely, nobody would publish it... the ayatollahs have trained them well." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/salman-rushdie-fatwa-attack/671139/ @gcaw in @TheAtlantic #SalmanRushdie #Freedom #FreeExpression