Salman Rushdie Writers Gather In New York To Read The Author S Works In Solidarity Salman Rushdie

The event, Stand With Salman; Defend the Freedom to Write was organized by Pen America, Rushdie’s library and publisher Penguin Random House. Rushdie was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Foundation last Friday when he was attacked on stage and stabbed multiple times. Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested. He pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and second-degree assault. Rushdie, 75, was hospitalized with serious injuries after an attack that writers and politicians around the world condemned as an attack on freedom of expression. A work that many Muslims consider blasphemous led in the 1980s to threats against Rushdie from Iran after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for the author’s death. Students, writers, activists and tourists attended Friday’s event in Manhattan. Several police officers with dogs lined the premises, wearing helmets and carrying guns. One woman wore a white t-shirt that read “Read Rushdie” in colorful letters. Other participants held large prints of the covers of Rushdie’s books, including The Satanic Verses – the subject of the fatwa – Joseph Anton and Quixote. Several carried Pen America signs featuring Rushdie quotes. A sign read: “Art is not entertainment. At its best, it is a revolution” – an excerpt from Rushdie’s speech at the 2012 Pen America World Voices festival. Another said: “If we are not sure of our freedom, then we are not free.” American Red Cross staff member Pamela Marques traveled by train from Fairfield, Connecticut to attend. “It’s really important for us to defend and protect the rights of writers,” he told the Guardian. “It’s really important for us to understand the work that writers do and how much effort they put into it and they don’t get enough recognition and that’s why I’m here. “Knowledge is power and we get that knowledge through books and we get that knowledge through the creative minds of these writers.” Salem Fray, an English teacher in Harlem, said he attended to defend free speech. Rushdie “stands as anybody who is willing to say what needs to be said, regardless of the outcome, and I think that’s important to support,” Frey said. Siri Hustvedt speaks as people gather on the steps of the New York Public Library to show support for Salman Rushdie. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images In her opening remarks, Pen America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: “When a would-be assassin plunged a knife into Salman Rushdie’s throat, he pierced more than the flesh of a famous writer. “He was positioning time, jolting us all into recognizing that the horrors of the past were hauntingly present. It penetrated beyond the borders, allowing the long arm of a vindictive government to reach a peaceful haven. It pierced our peace, leaving us awake at night, contemplating the sheer terror of those moments exactly a week ago. “It shattered our comfort, forcing us to reflect on the frailty of our own freedom. Today, we gather to stand by Salman, our stalwart leader and comrade who endures the anguish of a 33-year feud, a death warrant that refuses to die, a declaration of an endless war of words. “We stand by Salman’s side in an effort to boost his spirit but also in a determination to stiffen our spine.” Jeffery Eugenides, the American novelist best known for The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, prefaced a reading from Rushdie’s 1981 novel Midnight’s Children, describing a time when he was a young writer on tour in London. Eugenides remembered how in love he was with Rushdie’s works and wanted to meet him in person. “I looked him up in the London phone book. There, under Rs – Rushdie, Salman, along with an address and a phone number. I took the Tube to his house. As it turned out, Salman was not at home… but his mother in law let me in… I told her why I was there, she got me a piece of paper and I wrote a note to Mr. Rushdie and left it for him and went back to my hotel. “This was a world we lived in, a world where the only madness a writer could see came in the form of a young, overexuberant reader appearing on his doorstep. This world was called civilization. Let’s try to keep it.” The crowd applauded. Other authors reading at the event included Reginald Dwayne Betts, Siri Hustvedt, Gay Talese, Colum McCann and Roya Hakakian.

title: “Salman Rushdie Writers Gather In New York To Read The Author S Works In Solidarity Salman Rushdie Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Virginia Sanders”

The event, Stand With Salman; Defend the Freedom to Write was organized by Pen America, Rushdie’s library and publisher Penguin Random House. Rushdie was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Foundation last Friday when he was attacked on stage and stabbed multiple times. Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested. He pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and second-degree assault. Rushdie, 75, was hospitalized with serious injuries after an attack that writers and politicians around the world condemned as an attack on freedom of expression. A work that many Muslims consider blasphemous led in the 1980s to threats against Rushdie from Iran after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for the author’s death. Students, writers, activists and tourists attended Friday’s event in Manhattan. Several police officers with dogs lined the premises, wearing helmets and carrying guns. One woman wore a white t-shirt that read “Read Rushdie” in colorful letters. Other participants held large prints of the covers of Rushdie’s books, including The Satanic Verses – the subject of the fatwa – Joseph Anton and Quixote. Several carried Pen America signs featuring Rushdie quotes. A sign read: “Art is not entertainment. At its best, it is a revolution” – an excerpt from Rushdie’s speech at the 2012 Pen America World Voices festival. Another said: “If we are not sure of our freedom, then we are not free.” American Red Cross staff member Pamela Marques traveled by train from Fairfield, Connecticut to attend. “It’s really important for us to defend and protect the rights of writers,” he told the Guardian. “It’s really important for us to understand the work that writers do and how much effort they put into it and they don’t get enough recognition and that’s why I’m here. “Knowledge is power and we get that knowledge through books and we get that knowledge through the creative minds of these writers.” Salem Fray, an English teacher in Harlem, said he attended to defend free speech. Rushdie “stands as anybody who is willing to say what needs to be said, regardless of the outcome, and I think that’s important to support,” Frey said. Siri Hustvedt speaks as people gather on the steps of the New York Public Library to show support for Salman Rushdie. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images In her opening remarks, Pen America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: “When a would-be assassin plunged a knife into Salman Rushdie’s throat, he pierced more than the flesh of a famous writer. “He was positioning time, jolting us all into recognizing that the horrors of the past were hauntingly present. It penetrated beyond the borders, allowing the long arm of a vindictive government to reach a peaceful haven. It pierced our peace, leaving us awake at night, contemplating the sheer terror of those moments exactly a week ago. “It shattered our comfort, forcing us to reflect on the frailty of our own freedom. Today, we gather to stand by Salman, our stalwart leader and comrade who endures the anguish of a 33-year feud, a death warrant that refuses to die, a declaration of an endless war of words. “We stand by Salman’s side in an effort to boost his spirit but also in a determination to stiffen our spine.” Jeffery Eugenides, the American novelist best known for The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, prefaced a reading from Rushdie’s 1981 novel Midnight’s Children, describing a time when he was a young writer on tour in London. Eugenides remembered how in love he was with Rushdie’s works and wanted to meet him in person. “I looked him up in the London phone book. There, under Rs – Rushdie, Salman, along with an address and a phone number. I took the Tube to his house. As it turned out, Salman was not at home… but his mother in law let me in… I told her why I was there, she got me a piece of paper and I wrote a note to Mr. Rushdie and left it for him and went back to my hotel. “This was a world we lived in, a world where the only madness a writer could see came in the form of a young, overexuberant reader appearing on his doorstep. This world was called civilization. Let’s try to keep it.” The crowd applauded. Other authors reading at the event included Reginald Dwayne Betts, Siri Hustvedt, Gay Talese, Colum McCann and Roya Hakakian.

title: “Salman Rushdie Writers Gather In New York To Read The Author S Works In Solidarity Salman Rushdie Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “Paul Luna”

The event, Stand With Salman; Defend the Freedom to Write was organized by Pen America, Rushdie’s library and publisher Penguin Random House. Rushdie was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Foundation last Friday when he was attacked on stage and stabbed multiple times. Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested. He pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and second-degree assault. Rushdie, 75, was hospitalized with serious injuries after an attack that writers and politicians around the world condemned as an attack on freedom of expression. A work that many Muslims consider blasphemous led in the 1980s to threats against Rushdie from Iran after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for the author’s death. Students, writers, activists and tourists attended Friday’s event in Manhattan. Several police officers with dogs lined the premises, wearing helmets and carrying guns. One woman wore a white t-shirt that read “Read Rushdie” in colorful letters. Other participants held large prints of the covers of Rushdie’s books, including The Satanic Verses – the subject of the fatwa – Joseph Anton and Quixote. Several carried Pen America signs featuring Rushdie quotes. A sign read: “Art is not entertainment. At its best, it is a revolution” – an excerpt from Rushdie’s speech at the 2012 Pen America World Voices festival. Another said: “If we are not sure of our freedom, then we are not free.” American Red Cross staff member Pamela Marques traveled by train from Fairfield, Connecticut to attend. “It’s really important for us to defend and protect the rights of writers,” he told the Guardian. “It’s really important for us to understand the work that writers do and how much effort they put into it and they don’t get enough recognition and that’s why I’m here. “Knowledge is power and we get that knowledge through books and we get that knowledge through the creative minds of these writers.” Salem Fray, an English teacher in Harlem, said he attended to defend free speech. Rushdie “stands as anybody who is willing to say what needs to be said, regardless of the outcome, and I think that’s important to support,” Frey said. Siri Hustvedt speaks as people gather on the steps of the New York Public Library to show support for Salman Rushdie. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images In her opening remarks, Pen America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: “When a would-be assassin plunged a knife into Salman Rushdie’s throat, he pierced more than the flesh of a famous writer. “He was positioning time, jolting us all into recognizing that the horrors of the past were hauntingly present. It penetrated beyond the borders, allowing the long arm of a vindictive government to reach a peaceful haven. It pierced our peace, leaving us awake at night, contemplating the sheer terror of those moments exactly a week ago. “It shattered our comfort, forcing us to reflect on the frailty of our own freedom. Today, we gather to stand by Salman, our stalwart leader and comrade who endures the anguish of a 33-year feud, a death warrant that refuses to die, a declaration of an endless war of words. “We stand by Salman’s side in an effort to boost his spirit but also in a determination to stiffen our spine.” Jeffery Eugenides, the American novelist best known for The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, prefaced a reading from Rushdie’s 1981 novel Midnight’s Children, describing a time when he was a young writer on tour in London. Eugenides remembered how in love he was with Rushdie’s works and wanted to meet him in person. “I looked him up in the London phone book. There, under Rs – Rushdie, Salman, along with an address and a phone number. I took the Tube to his house. As it turned out, Salman was not at home… but his mother in law let me in… I told her why I was there, she got me a piece of paper and I wrote a note to Mr. Rushdie and left it for him and went back to my hotel. “This was a world we lived in, a world where the only madness a writer could see came in the form of a young, overexuberant reader appearing on his doorstep. This world was called civilization. Let’s try to keep it.” The crowd applauded. Other authors reading at the event included Reginald Dwayne Betts, Siri Hustvedt, Gay Talese, Colum McCann and Roya Hakakian.

title: “Salman Rushdie Writers Gather In New York To Read The Author S Works In Solidarity Salman Rushdie Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-23” author: “Vanessa Granfield”

The event, Stand With Salman; Defend the Freedom to Write was organized by Pen America, Rushdie’s library and publisher Penguin Random House. Rushdie was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Foundation last Friday when he was attacked on stage and stabbed multiple times. Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested. He pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and second-degree assault. Rushdie, 75, was hospitalized with serious injuries after an attack that writers and politicians around the world condemned as an attack on freedom of expression. A work that many Muslims consider blasphemous led in the 1980s to threats against Rushdie from Iran after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for the author’s death. Students, writers, activists and tourists attended Friday’s event in Manhattan. Several police officers with dogs lined the premises, wearing helmets and carrying guns. One woman wore a white t-shirt that read “Read Rushdie” in colorful letters. Other participants held large prints of the covers of Rushdie’s books, including The Satanic Verses – the subject of the fatwa – Joseph Anton and Quixote. Several carried Pen America signs featuring Rushdie quotes. A sign read: “Art is not entertainment. At its best, it is a revolution” – an excerpt from Rushdie’s speech at the 2012 Pen America World Voices festival. Another said: “If we are not sure of our freedom, then we are not free.” American Red Cross staff member Pamela Marques traveled by train from Fairfield, Connecticut to attend. “It’s really important for us to defend and protect the rights of writers,” he told the Guardian. “It’s really important for us to understand the work that writers do and how much effort they put into it and they don’t get enough recognition and that’s why I’m here. “Knowledge is power and we get that knowledge through books and we get that knowledge through the creative minds of these writers.” Salem Fray, an English teacher in Harlem, said he attended to defend free speech. Rushdie “stands as anybody who is willing to say what needs to be said, regardless of the outcome, and I think that’s important to support,” Frey said. Siri Hustvedt speaks as people gather on the steps of the New York Public Library to show support for Salman Rushdie. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images In her opening remarks, Pen America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: “When a would-be assassin plunged a knife into Salman Rushdie’s throat, he pierced more than the flesh of a famous writer. “He was positioning time, jolting us all into recognizing that the horrors of the past were hauntingly present. It penetrated beyond the borders, allowing the long arm of a vindictive government to reach a peaceful haven. It pierced our peace, leaving us awake at night, contemplating the sheer terror of those moments exactly a week ago. “It shattered our comfort, forcing us to reflect on the frailty of our own freedom. Today, we gather to stand by Salman, our stalwart leader and comrade who endures the anguish of a 33-year feud, a death warrant that refuses to die, a declaration of an endless war of words. “We stand by Salman’s side in an effort to boost his spirit but also in a determination to stiffen our spine.” Jeffery Eugenides, the American novelist best known for The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, prefaced a reading from Rushdie’s 1981 novel Midnight’s Children, describing a time when he was a young writer on tour in London. Eugenides remembered how in love he was with Rushdie’s works and wanted to meet him in person. “I looked him up in the London phone book. There, under Rs – Rushdie, Salman, along with an address and a phone number. I took the Tube to his house. As it turned out, Salman was not at home… but his mother in law let me in… I told her why I was there, she got me a piece of paper and I wrote a note to Mr. Rushdie and left it for him and went back to my hotel. “This was a world we lived in, a world where the only madness a writer could see came in the form of a young, overexuberant reader appearing on his doorstep. This world was called civilization. Let’s try to keep it.” The crowd applauded. Other authors reading at the event included Reginald Dwayne Betts, Siri Hustvedt, Gay Talese, Colum McCann and Roya Hakakian.