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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).
Write The Book Archive Interview #135 (3/28/11) Charles Barasch
Write The Book Interview #134 (3/21/11) Nancy Marie Brown
Write The Book Interview #133 (3/14/11) Don & Lillian Stokes
Write The Book Weather Hiatus (3/7/11)
Write The Book Archive Interview #132 (2/28/11) Rick Jackson
Write The Book Interview #131 (2/21/11) James Kochalka
Write The Book Interview #130 (2/14/11) Julie Metz
Write The Book Archive Interview #129 (2/7/11) Douglas Stewart and Amy Huntington
Write The Book Interview #128 (1/31/11) Richard McCann
Write The Book Interview #127 (1/24/11) Bill Schubart
Write The Book Archive Interview #126 (1/17/11) Rosellen Brown
Write The Book Interview #125 (1/10/11) Colum McCann
Write The Book Interview #124 (1/3/11) Ben Aleshire
Write The Book Interview #123 (12/27/10) Kenneth M. Cadow
Write The Book Archive Interview #122 (12/20/10) Louella Bryant
Write The Book Interview #121 (12/13/10) Toby Ball
Write The Book Interview #120 (12/6/10) Pamela Harrison
Write The Book Interview #119 (11/15/10) Joseph Mazur
Write The Book Interview #118 (11/8/10) Jon Turner/Warrior Writers
Write The Book Interview #117 (11/1/10) Jay Parini
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