In Cold Blood: Practicing Our Humanity on the Page
In a great book, even the most despicable characters have a chance for redemption, perhaps, one might argue, more of a chance than he or she might get in… More
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Just hours before the attack, Salman Rushdie emailed @PENamerica requesting help finding safe refuge for Ukrainian writers. Over the years he has been devoted to assisting others who are vulnerable and menaced. May he survive this horror.
🧵 by current PEN America President @ayadakhtar:
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/