One May night, I sat beneath the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History, nibbling through a four-course dinner at the gala for an Eminent Literary Organization.
This Organization defends persecuted writers from Qatar to Honduras. Founded in , their history glitters. With them, Susan Sontag slugged whiskey. With them, Arthur Miller refused to denounce his Communist friends.
They stood in solidarity with Salman Rushdie when the Ayatollah Khomeini called for his death. The Organization is committed to free expression without borders, a value reflected in its international literary festival. They have conducted a powerful study on the effect of N. On St. Instinctively, she elbowed him. Any woman would have done the same.
In response, the N. Along with hundreds of other protesters, I watched in horror as McMillan convulsed in seizure on the pavement. The officer in question denied grabbing her breast. At the time, her projected sentence was two to seven years. Writer after writer took the stage. They showed a film about imprisoned Uighur journalist Ilham Tohti.
I cried as his teen daughter spoke. World-renowned authors talked of freedom. It has extended help to foreign composers, translators, editors, and lawyers who have been persecuted for their beliefs.
