More than 2,000 artists, writers and readers gathered with PEN America on the steps of the New York Public Library on Sunday to send a collective message to President-Elect Donald Trump. Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, U.S. Poets Laureate Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky, playwright Eve Ensler, comic artist Art Spiegelman, and authors Jacqueline Woodson and PEN America president Andrew Solomon (pictured above) were among the throng who braved the cold. Coinciding with the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the event featured readings and performances inspired by the words of Civil Rights leaders and literary luminaries on democracy. The literary protest in New York City was the flagship event of Writers Resist, a national rallying effort organized by VIDA: Women in Literary Arts co-founder Erin Belieu. More than 90 Writers Resist events took place simultaneously in 40 states and and abroad.
