Colson Whitehead Reads from Blindness by José Saramago
I was thinking of this book a lot the first week of September, when we were getting the first images and news from New Orleans about the stadium... More
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Glad to have contributed to this online anthology from writers in India and the diaspora, such as Salman Rushdie, @suketumehta, Jhumpa Lahiri & Geetanjali Shree, with reflections on India's momentous anniversary. Please take a glance https://pen.org/india-at-75/ @PENamerica
Talking about the Salman Rushdie attack, @PENamerica CEO @SuzanneNossel just now on MSNBC said it has stiffened the organization’s resolve. “We are not going to let this silence Salman or any other writers.”