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Interview from the archives with Wendy Call, writer, editor, translator and teacher. Author of No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy.
In fact, this week's live broadcast was with Vermont author Tammy Flanders Hetrick. But due to a strange set of circumstances, her podcast has been up for a couple weeks already. You can find it here.
Public shaming has been in the news a lot lately. Even before the internet, shame and disgrace could be widespread and malignant. Just read The Scarlet Letter. This week's Write the Book Prompt is to write about a person who has been disgraced. Consider the reason for the disgrace. Has this person done something truly despicable? Or did he or she simply get caught looking foolish? Is the shaming mean-spirited, or does it come from a supposedly kind place. That "tough love" philosophy, for example. Does it get out of hand? How? Why? Why do crowds like a good public shaming? Are there larger lessons that can be conveyed subtly by writing about a person in this situation?
Good luck with this exercise and please listen next week for another.
Music credits: 1) “Dreaming 1″ - John Fink; 2) “Filter” - Dorset Greens (a Vermont band featuring several former South Burlington High School students).
Geraldine Brooks - Archive Interview #336 (3/2/15)
Kim MacQueen - Interview #335 (2/23/15)
Laban Carrick Hill - Archive Interview #334 (2/16/15)
Marilyn Graman - Archive Interview #333 (2/9/15)
Heidi Durrow - Archive Interview #332 (2/2/15)
Emily Forland - Interview #331 (1/26/15)
Tari Prinster - Interview #330 (1/19/15)
Sharon M. Draper - Interview #329 (1/12/15)
Cathy Ostlere - Archive Interview #328 (1/5/15)
William Lychack - Archive Interview #327 (12/29/14)
Angela Palm and Malisa Garlieb - #326 (12/22/14)
Stephen Cramer - Interview #325 (12/15/14)
Wendy Call - Interview #324 (12/8/14)
J. Robert Lennon - Interview #323 (12/1/14)
Nancy Marie Brown - Archive Interview #322 (11/24/14)
Meg Wolitzer - Interview #321 (11/17/14)
Robert Boswell - Interview #320 (11/10/14)
Jacqueline Woodson - Interview #319 (11/3/14)
Thea Lewis - Interview #318 (10/31/2014)
Vikram Chandra - Interview #317 (10/20/14)
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