Word: writer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writer of Kujo, Carrie, Misery, Christine, Pet Cemetary and many other grisly tales of horror, told Harvard students and faculty how he develops ideas for his stories. King was invited to speak at Harvard on behalf by the Expository Writing Program...
Resentment toward the novel and its Bombay-born writer has been building among Muslims for several months, and at least 15 persons have died in violent riots in India and Pakistan, where the book has been banned since its publication several months ago. Many Muslims believe that it defames both the Koran and the Prophet Mohammed and that it portrays the twelve wives of the Prophet as prostitutes...
RUSHDIE'S book has deeply offended many Muslims, and we respect the depth of their beliefs and the sincerity of their protests. But no amount of moral revulsion justifies the banning of a book or the killing of its writer...
...close personal relationship with anyone killed," says Vanderlyn Pine, a sociology professor at the State University of New York, "the grief component is just as serious as ((for)) anyone who does." Banaszynski says the stress from working on her series took a toll on her physical health. Free-lance writer Joe Levine of New York City was haunted by dreams about AIDS after he completed a long profile of a man who was dying of the disease. Such experiences may hold the key to improving coverage, since reporters who have been affected by seeing death close up may become more...
...about the authenticity of God's revealed word. But the real-life author will be lucky if he enjoys the same clemency as his fictional counterpart. His literary twisting of the Koran is the central transgression for which the Ayatullah Khomeini has condemned him to death. Explains Indian- born writer Mihir Bose: "Every Muslim, whether fundamentalist or liberal, believes the Koran is literally the very word of God, preserved in heaven and transmitted by the angel Gabriel through Muhammad." The Prophet himself, although not considered divine, is revered by Muslims as the model of sinless human perfection...