Write The Book: Conversations on Craft
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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).
Ann Patchett - Interview #274 (12/16/13)
Alec Hastings - Interview #273 (12/9/13)
Diane Setterfield - Interview #272 (12/2/13)
David Laskin - Interview #271 (11/25/13)
Tim Brookes - Archive Interview #270 (11/18/13)
James Fallon / Ralph Culver - Interviews #269 (11/11/13)
Susan Katz Saitoh / Claire Benedict - Interview #268 (11/4/13)
Janet Reid - Archive Interview #267 (10/28/13)
Stephen Elliott - Interview #266 (10/21/13)
Doug Wilhelm - Archive Interview #265 (10/14/13)
Neil Shepard - Interview #264 (10/7/13)
Jacob Paul - Archive Interview #263 (9/30/13)
Howard Norman – Interview #262 (9/23/13)
Kathryn Davis - Interview #261 (9/16/13)
Dana Yeaton - Archive Interview #260 (9/9/13)
David Jauss - Interview #259 (9/2/13)
Matt Fried - Interview #258 (8/26/13)
Alice Lichtenstein - Archive Interview #257 (8/19/13)
Burlington Area Writers' Resources - Show #256 (8/12/13)
Ginnah Howard - Archive Interview #255 (8/5/13)
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