Rushdie Talk on Censorship Wraps Up PEN Festival




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Summary: <p>The 2012 <a href="http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1096" target="_blank">PEN World Voices Festival</a> ended with a talk about censorship at the Cooper Union by novelist Salman Rushdie (<em>Midnight's Children</em>, <em>The Satanic Verses</em>).</p> <p>After the speech, the PEN festival founder had a conversation with writer Gary Shteyngart (<em>The Russian Debutante's Handbook, </em><em>Super Sad True Love Story</em>).</p>