Ruth Franklin
Ruth Franklin is a freelance book critic and the author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction. She has written for many publications, including The New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times Book Review. A past Guggenheim Fellow, she is currently a fellow at the Leon Levy Center for Biography at CUNY, where she is working on a biography of the American writer Shirley Jackson.
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Wishing you a speedy recovery, @SalmanRushdie. Your novels and your commitment to free speech continue to inspire the world. As a @PENamerica member, I am proud to #StandWithSalman today and every day.
Powerful readings of Salman Rushdie's work at today's @PENAmerica @nypl event. With free expression under attack, we must defend the freedom to write. #StandWithSalman
Writers, friends, supporters, and readers gathered today on the steps of @nypl to stand in solidarity with acclaimed author #SalmanRushdie and celebrate his tireless advocacy for freedom of expression.
We #StandWithSalman.
Watch a video of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O2Y4tyOTN0
