2023 05 18 Gala

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Silvia Saponaro/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Silvia Saponaro/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: (L-R) Ayad Akhtar, Salman Rushdie, and Rachel Eliza Griffiths attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Markus Dohle, Anya Salama, Suzanne Nossel, Salman Rushdie and Sean Kelly attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Markus Dohle (L), Anya Salama (2nd R) and Sean Kelly (R) attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Markus Dohle, Suzanne Nossel, Anya Salama and Sean Kelly attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Robert Costa (L) attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Markus Dohle, Lorne Michaels, Anya Salama and Sean Kelly attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Gary Shteyngart and Esther Won attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: (L-R) Dinaw Mengestu, Fatima Shaik and James Hannaham attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Guests attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

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Binky Urban, Ken Auletta, Scott Moyers, Gay Talese, and Robert Costa, 2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Pamela Barbey and Peter Barbey attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Hilaria Baldwin and Alec Baldwin attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Candace Bushell (C) and Jay McInerney (R) attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: (L-R) Alec Baldwin, Hilaria Baldwin, Suzanne Nossel, Diane Sawyer, and Candice Bergen attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Victoria Feder and Ben Feder attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for PEN America)

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James Hanaham and Susan Choi, 2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

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Fred Armisen, Colin Jost, Lorne Michaels, and Alec Baldwin, 2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

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Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Suleika Jaouad, 2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (L) attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Michelle Zauner attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: (L-R) Suzanne Nossel, Colin Jost, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, and Ayad Akhtar attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

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Jiao Yangli and Momo Ishiguro, 2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Kati Marton and Thomas Chatterton Williams attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: (L-R) Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

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Lorne Michaels and Candice Bergen, 2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Silvia Saponaro/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

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Michael Che, 2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Colin Jost hosts the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Silvia Saponaro/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Jennifer Finney Boylan speaks onstage during the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Tali Farhadian Weinstein speaks onstage during the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for PEN America)

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

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2023 PEN America Literary Gala, American Museum of Natural History © Beowulf Sheehan and Jeska Sand/PEN America

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Min Jin Lee (C) and Colin Jost (R) attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Afterparty Presented By Spotify at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: John Mulaney speaks on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Lorne Michaels attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: John Mulaney speaks on stage during the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Lorne Michaels speaks on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Lorne Michaels and John Mulaney pose backstage during the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Salman Rushdie and Ayad Akhtar appear on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Salman Rushdie speaks on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Salman Rushdie speaks on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Salman Rushdie speaks on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Salman Rushdie speaks on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Salman Rushdie and Ayad Akhtar pose backstage during the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: A view of atmosphere during the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Afterparty Presented By Spotify at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: A view of the Banned Books table during the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Afterparty Presented By Spotify at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Christopher Duffy, Min Jin Lee, Harlan Coben, Michelle Zauner and Peter Bradley attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Afterparty Presented By Spotify at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Guests attend the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala Afterparty Presented By Spotify at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America)

1491366971 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Fatima Shaik attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 18, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America)

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