Sarah Jessica Parker, Taye Diggs, More Warn Against Threats to Free Speech, Libraries

Sarah Jessica Parker, Taye Diggs, more warn against threats to free speech, libraries

Sarah Jessica Parker, Taye Diggs, Jodi Picoult and more took the stage at PEN America's gala to criticize book bans and the Trump administration.

PEN America Fundraiser Host Amber Ruffin Rants About Trump: ‘Gross, Racist, Sexually Deviant’

NEW YORK --  Amber Ruffin looked out upon hundreds of writers, publishers and editors gathered for PEN America’s annual gala and shared her experience of being on the receiving end of censorship. The post PEN America Fundraiser Host Amber Ruffin Rants About Trump: ‘Gross, Racist, Sexually Deviant’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin - Regional Media News

NEW YORK (AP) — Amber Ruffin looked out upon hundreds of writers, publishers and editors gathered for PEN America’s annual gala and shared her experience of being on the receiving end of censorship. “I’m officially a banned book,” the comic-writer joked, referring to her being dropped as a speaker at April’s White House Correspondents Dinner. “They booked me and then they banned me.” Thursday night’s event at the American Museum of Natural Histo…