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Of all the amazing things being married to Michael has brought me, the opportunity to meet famous writers is really the most minor, I swear to God. Still, it's pretty cool. Last night, I met someone who has been scaring me senseless for most of my life. I remember when I was in high school and I read Night Shift, his marvelously creepy short story collection. The title story is about mutant rats, and thus began a rat phobia (wait! I forgot that one!) that persists to this day. I can't even see a rat on TV without freaking out. I cover my eyes and shriek until Michael tells me it's off the screen. Remember that scene in El Norte when the rats run over their bodies as they are going through the tunnels to the US? I nearly had an apoplectic seizure. And it was all Stephen King's fault.

And I got to meet him. Not only to meet him, but I got to appreciate what an amazingly generous guy he is. A while ago I read an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about how this lame ass "university" (actually a diploma mill/real estate scam) in the city had expelled a student for writing a violent short story. Not only did they expel him, but they fired his instructor on the grounds that she had assigned a reading by some unknown writer -- that unknown writer was, according to the Dean of the English faculty, "George Foster Wallace." Um. George?

Anyway, a lot of people got up in arms about this. Daniel Handler ended up leading a huge protest, which resulted in him being tossed out of the school building. Michael wrote an Op Ed piece for the New York Times (I know, but he's a brilliant writer type, not a fiery protestor lay-your-body-down type.) Stephen King sent a message to the protestors.

It turns out that all over the country in response to Columbine kids are being prosecuted ... yes PROSECUTED ... for writing fiction. Now, I understand the fear. I understand the horror of the shoot out. What I don't get is the response. My response to Columbine is to wonder what is wrong with a culture that so ostracizes and alienates a child that he ends up so crazy. What is wrong with the mentality of a high school where kids are made to feel so bitterly freakish and outlawed? Instead, we fixate on the kid writing the fiction. Instead of worrying about what's going on in his head, instead of feeling his pain and wondering at its source, we arrest him. Instead of stopping the bullying, we target the bullied.

Michael had a brilliant response to this. He decided to teach a class at 826 Valencia in horror and dark fantasy writing...for teenagers. He told Stephen King about it, and this incredibly famous man, this man with a million things to do, a million commitments, a million demands on his time, said, "Dude, you teach that class, and I'll be there."

On the last day of class, he was there. As a surprise guest. You should have seen the kids' faces. They were out of their minds. When he told them that he was an amateur, just like them, they scribbled in their notebooks. When he asked them what they wrote, what their techniques were, you could see their self-confidence expand before your eyes. It was amazing.

I've met some incredibly generous people in my life, but honestly, he's something special. This guy flew across the country (obviously at his own expense -- 826 doesn't have a pot to piss in) just to inspire a dozen kids. Now that's a mensch.

128 Comments:

Blogger Edgy Mama said...

Way cool! How many of us would have given our firstborns to be in the same room with Stephen King, Michael Chabon, AND the next generation of great horror writers. I hope the students were as inspired as I am. Yea, Michael, for teaching the class, and to the King for being there.

January 27, 2005 at 9:54 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, thanks for sharing . . . how cool. I was a fan of Stephen King 'the writer' for years. After reading his book 'On Writing', I developed a fondness for the man himself.

January 27, 2005 at 10:09 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Enough good cannot be said about 826 Valencia. We live nearby and our two eldest children have both taken classes there. With one exception it's been positive experiances all round. The special surprise guests have become the laginappe of 826, Jonathan Richmond to talk about the life of a musician, Spike Jonze to discuss writing for film, and I should add all of this is 100% free of charge! They also have great seminars for adults which are also fund raisers for the drop-in tutoring,(also free), they offer.
I urge everyone to check out their website/ drop by and visit and consider supporting them in any way you can.
Dave Eggers gets a lifetime out of jail free card for this one!

P.S. My 11 year old was too young for this class, much to his eternal consternation. I'm thinking Daniel Handler for an 10-13 dark side class. If you put in a word and he says yea, we want first dibs on sign up!

January 27, 2005 at 10:35 AM  
Blogger lisoosh said...

Bullies, bullying the the treatment of it by the school system. Now you're on to one of my pet peeves.
I never did understand how children who are bullied in school are sent for so much counselling and "behaviour modification" and all the while kids who obviously feel the need to ostracize and physically abuse other children are not sent for counselling too.
The best case I ever read was of a woman who was told by the school that her child was not normal for refusing to return to school after being stripped naked and dumped upside down in a garbage can. She rightly pointed out the not to want to return to that environment was more than normal and that perhaps they might like to make clear what their idea of normal and abusive actually was.

January 27, 2005 at 11:33 AM  
Blogger gayle said...

This is so cool, Ayelet.

I work with a lot of high school kids through the Family Voices Project (my workshops start up again next week--yay!) I often tell them how the page is a safe place to deal with dark stuff, and they really take this to heart. For many of the kids I work with, sometimes the page is their only refuge. It makes me crazy to think that writing stories can get kids in trouble. It's when they don't have the outlet that they can get into real trouble! Michael's idea was a fantastic one.

And 826 rocks. I hope I'll have a chance to get involved in the new 826 LA in some capacity.

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January 27, 2005 at 11:37 AM  
Blogger Jessica said...

Ayelet - thank you for posting this story...I'm a Stephen King fan, too (as a grown woman living alone, I literally went to stay at my mom's house in the middle of the night because I was freaked by Gerald's Game).

January 27, 2005 at 11:50 AM  
Blogger marrije said...

What a lovely man. Even if he has given you phobias.

January 27, 2005 at 12:06 PM  
Blogger Tom M Franklin said...

My ex was a big Steven King fan. So, while trying to be "the supportive husband" I read a handful of his books back in the mid-80s. For the most part, I found he was a writer in need of a good editor -- someone who wasn't afraid to say "This book needs to be cut by 200+ pages before we publish." When I read press releases saying that the "Author's Edition" of "The Stand" was being released, with the 1000 or so pages that were edited out before the initial publication, I decided to drop him from my reading list.

(That and my ex became an ex. But that's another story)

With that having been said, I'll also acknowledge that (a) his short stories were pretty good, (b) "The Mist" scared the bejeezus out of me when I read it late one night and (c) his first book on the subject of Horror was so good that I still reference parts of it to this day.

I'm glad Big Steve King is, in person, quite the guy and that he is willing to go out of his way to help out kids. That's always a big plus in my book. Thanks for passing that along.

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And on a completely separate note, I found your blog through Liz Lawley's blog and have remained interested in your postings and amused by some of your more humorous comments. Yesterday I finally got "Nursery Crimes" from the library (sorry -- I won't go into the sorry state of our starving artist finances) and read it last night. While I had the mystery figured out about halfway through, I really enjoyed Juliet's character (she was funny and her observations about life, her family and herself were very real and honest to me) and the minor characters you sprinkled throughout the book. In fact, it was some of these minor characters that made the book come alive for me. Even those who were just there for one scene were alive with personality and presence. That's a hard thing to do effectively.

So, while you may not have my money, you do have my respect. :-)

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January 27, 2005 at 12:19 PM  
Blogger Esther Kustanowitz said...

What an amazing story. Such a tremendous opportunity to meet someone with such a great talent; while that shouldn't phase you because you're married to a great talent (and I haven't read your books, but your blog shows that you ARE a great talent) it must have been such a pivotal class for those students.

King has robbed me of more sleep hours than I can count, and in some perverse way I've loved every one of the minutes of discomfort and insomnia that he caused. To be able to write, consistently, in a way that gets under people's skin in this kind of sadomasochistic way...that's talent.

And I agree with the previous poster about On Writing. I recommend it to everyone.

These kids will remember this meeting for the rest of their lives, and Michael and Stephen both did a terrific thing--for them and for the future writers they will become.

I've got tons to say on this. Will have to do my own post later...

January 27, 2005 at 12:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a wonderful story. I come from Stephen King's home town of Bangor, ME (though I now live in exile in Honolulu, and I'm not complaining) and I'd like to add that he has been a most generous neighbor to the people of Bangor, in much the same spirit as you describe above. He and his wife were major sponsors of the renovation of the (excellent) public library, and he built a wonderful Little League stadium a couple of years ago, among many other acts of kindness.

I usually can't bear to read his work because so much of it is set in rural or small-town Maine, where I grew up before living in Bangor; he has a wonderful ability to describe the people and the language of Maine, so the effect is that I can't help feeling, while reading, that terrible things are happening to people I know. At any rate, I'm glad to hear he's stepping into the role of educator as well. Thanks for passing on this story.

KL in Honolulu

January 27, 2005 at 12:56 PM  
Blogger Mary said...

Very cool!
Thanks for sharing that.
When I first met my husband in college all those eons ago I knew I was going to like him because he was a Stephen King reader, too.
Nice to see Mr. King giving so generously to the next generation of writers. And kudos to Michael for what he chose to do in teaching that class.

January 27, 2005 at 9:28 PM  
Blogger Jill said...

Fivecats, you're lucky to have Ayelet's books in your library at all - the public library in Bergen, Norway, does actually have one of her books, but only in Thai translation. Kind of impressive, actually, though I wish they had some of the books in English too...

January 27, 2005 at 11:57 PM  
Blogger Jill said...

I meant to post a link to the Thai translation. Here.

January 27, 2005 at 11:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have been a Stephen King fan for YEARS...my own mother got me started. I think it is so fantastic that someone that famous will take time out for the so called "little people". If more people had his attitude on things of that nature, I have no doubt the world would be a much more pleasant place to live.
Growing up, I was the object of much ridicule myself. Fortunately in my case, this has made me a much stronger adult (although not without some residual emotional difficulties). However, I have known people who completely went the other direction. All of you are right that have said the ones who need to be dealt with are the bullies, not the bullied. Now if we could just get the schools to think the same way.

January 28, 2005 at 4:33 AM  
Blogger Tom M Franklin said...

Jill,

You mean as well-travelled, multi-lingual and talented as you are you can't read Thai? I'm crushed!How much does Amazon.co.uk charge to ship to Norway?

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January 28, 2005 at 8:11 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just fyi, your "email this" isn't working, at least not on this post. Tried to send it to a friend of SK (she said, name-dropping furiously, not that I've ever met him) and had to cut and paste.
Not meaning to post anon, but I don't blog on blogger--KJ

January 28, 2005 at 5:29 PM  
Blogger Urvashi said...

I've loved Stephen King since i was in the 8th grade. Thankxs to him I've slept many nights with all the lights on in my bedroom! I don't know many people who appreciate his writing here in Bombay, India, but am a very big fan of his. And to Know that he is quite good at heart, just increases my respect for him as a person, and not just as an author. It must have been real cool meeting the "King" of the horror genre in person.

January 30, 2005 at 10:50 AM  
Blogger D. Jon Moutarde said...

Aside from the content, which, obviously, I found interesting, I'd like to point out that when I tried to print this entry out for my wife, for whom I also thought this would be interesting, the page formatting and the margin bookcover illos caused the text to be cut off on the right-hand side. Be kind -- use primary content on the left-hand side.

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