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VPR Presents Salman Rushdie

Peter Biello
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VPR
Author Salman Rushdie speaks at the University of Vermont on Wednesday, January 14, 2015.

Salman Rushdie is best known as the author of the novels The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children. His book, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, is this year's selection for Vermont Reads, a statewide  community reading project sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.
 

Rushdie spoke at the University of Vermont as part of the launch of this year's Vermont Reads program. Introduced by poet Major Jackson, he discussed the art of storytelling and freedom of speech and shared stories from his career as a writer.

Learn more about Vermont Reads.

Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.
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