Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie


              American novelist Jeffrey Eugenides speaks during a reading event in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American novelist Siri Hustvedt speaks during a reading event in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              British novelist Hari Kunzru reads part of "The Satanic Verses" during a reading event in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              British journalist Tina Brown speaks during a reading event in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American writer Paul Auster speaks during a reading event in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              A group of writers and supporters gather in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American writer Paul Auster speaks during a reading event in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              Participants hold signs during a reading event in solidarity of support for author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              Indian author Kiran Desai speaks during a reading event in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American writer Andrew Solomon speaks during a reading event in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American biographer Amanda Foreman, right, and American journalist Andrea Elliot, left, speak during a reading event in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, second left, and British journalist Tina Brown, second right, are seen during a reading event in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American biographer Amanda Foreman, right, and American journalist Andrea Elliot, left, speak during a reading event in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              American writer Gay Talese and American poet Reginald Dwayne Betts talk during a reading event in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
            
              A group of writers and supporters gather in solidarity with Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie