Freedom to Create Virtual Keynote ft. Salman Rushdie and Russell Banks
Our annual public forum on freedom of expression features renowned authors and founders of the Cities of Asylum movement Salman Rushdie and Russell Banks.
The virtual presentation starts with a conversation between Rushdie and Banks about the Cities of Asylum movement and their experiences promoting free expression and combatting censorship for writers and artists around the world. This will be followed by Rushdie reading from his most recent novel, Quichotte. The evening will wrap up with the world premiere of a new composition written by saxophonist Oliver Lake to a text from Rushdie’s Quichotte in honor of the occasion and performed by the Flux string quartet.