PEN Statement on Salman Rushdie?s Withdrawal from Lit Fest After Death Threats
PEN American Center today deplored the failure of the Indian government to guarantee the safety of the center’s former president and World Voices Festival of International Literature Chair Salman… More
QA: Rajasthan Dissuades Rushdie from Attending Lit Fest
The Rajasthan government has reportedly asked the organizers of the Jaipur Literature Festival to dissuade novelist Salman Rushdie from attending the annual event, which begins Jan. 20, citing security… More
PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee: The hard cases and…
Josef Brodsky, María Elena Cruz Varela, Salman Rushdie, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Aung San Suu Kyi and Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Chinese dissident who today will be awarded the Nobel Peace… More
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A Florida school district placed a warning label on three of my books that insist racism is wrong. It is not hard to figure out what this school district thinks is right. https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1555662277806034944
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