Rushdie readings / introduced by Genny Berson.

Selected readings from Samon Rushdie's controversial novel Satanic Verses. Includes actuality from the Pen readings in New York, San Francisco Public Library readings, and in studio readings by Meledy Sumner, Jack Folie, Chris Welch, Shula Davies and Susan Stone. Concludes with a speech Edward Said, professor of English at Columbia University on Rushdie's book, using Rushdie's earlier article "Outside the Whale" toexamine the importance of the Satanic Verses.|RUSHDIE READINGS / introduced by Genny Berson. - Selected readings from Samon Rushdie's controversial novel "Satanic Verses." Includes actuality from the Pen readings in New York, San Francisco Public Library readings, and in studio readings by Meledy Sumner, Jack Folie, Chris Welch, Shula Davies and Susan Stone. Concludes with a speech by Edward Said, professor of English at Columbia Universary on Rushdie's book, using Rushdie's earlier article "Outside the Whale" to examine the importance of the Satanic Verses. - BROADCAST: KPFA, 28 Feb. 1989.