Paul Auster, Aasif Mandvi and others support Salman Rushdie with public readings

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On the steps of New York Public Library, such prominent writers as Paul Auster, Gay Talese and Kiran Desai drew from Salman Rushdie's own words to express their solidarity with the 75-year-old after he was brutally attacked at a literary event in western New York.

"Not even a blade to the throat could still the voice of Salman Rushdie," Suzanne Nossel, chief executive officer of the event's co-organizer, PEN America, told the audience.

The group of writers shared their affection and admiration for Rushdie, decried the violence and assured him they would continue to defend freedom of expression.