That same month, London artist Sebastian Horsley had been denied entry into the United States and PEN president Prose subsequently invited Horsley to speak at PENs annual festival of international literature in New York at the end of April 2008.
Pada bulan yang sama, artis London Sebastian Horsley membantah entri di Amerika Serikat and presiden PEN Prose kemudian diundang Horsley untuk berpidato di perayaan sastra internasional tahunan PEN di New York pada akhir April 2008.