King in Darabont/Barker anthology, Thank you to King, plus more
Needful Things
Frank Darabont about a television anthology series that he would be
developing with Clive Barker: "The idea is we would choose the stories,
whether it was Fritz Leiber, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe,...as long as
it's got a real quality of writing going for it."
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=607
4) BDN letter to the editor: "Thank you, Mr. King"
If Stephen King is offering to "teach writing via this technology"
(computer) don't pass up his offer. Back in the '70s he was my creative
writing teacher at Hampden Academy for a couple of semesters. He wasn't
rich, famous and the world's most read author at the time. He was simply Mr.
King, who wore a corduroy suit jacket with patches on each elbow, who seemed
to have constant transportation problems, who encouraged his students to
become published writers by sharing his own story, who told you to write.
Write every day. Write what you know and what you'd like to know. Mr. King
inspired his students by positive, encouraging comments and mind expanding
questions instead of simply putting a letter grade at the top of an
assignment beside an overused phrase like "good work."
More at
http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=101874&CFID=5995216&C
FTOKEN=52231240
5) Editorial in the BDN: "Beyond Laptops"
Though still in the planning stage, a second valuable addition to the MLTI
could come from author Stephen King, who recently said he would like to
teach writing via the technology offered through the initiative. Mr. King is
known not only as the author of 30 best-selling books but for offering one
of his short stories, "Riding the Bullet," over the Internet.
The offer of his expertise and the fact that he personally can be in only a
limited number of classrooms, makes the laptop program a natural answer for
giving many Maine students a chance to learn from a masterful writer. Both
gifts are the result of creating the opportunity through the initiative for
good things to happen.
http://www.bangornews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=104835&byline=&cname=
Editorials§ion=&tt=2PM
6) USA Today: Movie Talk
Dallas, TX: I know this is a movie column but did you catch the wretched
"Carrie" remake on TV? If you didn't you missed cheesy effects and lines
likes this--(in describing a girl who sleeps around) "Every boy in school's
had a bowl of her cereal." Needless to say, I'm off of cornflakes this week.
I just can't imagine a better rendering of that story than DePalma's with
his quintet of great actresses--Amy Irving, Betty Buckley, Nancy Allen, and
best of all the perfectly matched duo of Piper Laurie and Sissy Spaceck.
What do you think is the best film adaptation of Stephen King's horror
novels (Shawshank being his best overall) and what is the worst (my vote
must go to Pet Sematary)?
Susan Wloszczyna: I saw the sacreligious sequel to Carrie that came out in
theaters about two years ago, complete with kneejerk Amy Irving cameo. That
was enough for me.
TV critic Robert Bianco did tell me how they changed the perfect ending and
that was enough to put me off my cereal.
The best "scary" King adaptation is probably The Dead Zone, though I also
enjoyed the TV version of Salem's Lot. But Dolores Claiborne is an
underrated treat among the non-horror King adaptations.
http://www.usatoday.com/community/chat/2002-11-06-wloszczyna.htm
7) Washington Post: " Tatiana Kudriavtseva, Bringing Russia The Best of
American Literature" (small mention of King)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61853-2002Nov15.html
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