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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 #116 (10/25/10) Richard Russo
Write The Book Archive Interview #115 (10/18/10) Sorche Fairbank
Write The Book #114 (10/11/10) Mark Pendergrast
Write The Book #113 (10/4/10) Angelique and Morella Devost
Write The Book #112 (9/27/10) Ann Hood
Write The Book Archives #111 (9/20/10) Thea Lewis
Write The Book #110 (9/13/10) Carol Westberg
Write The Book #109 (8/30/10) Jon Clinch
Write The Book #108 (8/23/10) Susan Weiss
Write The Book #107 (8/16/10) Howard Norman
Write The Book #106 (8/9/10) Jennifer Karin Sidford
Write The Book #105 (8/2/10) Connie May Fowler
Write The Book #104 (7/19/10) Nance Van Winckel
Write The Book #103 (7/12/10) Douglas Glover
Write The Book #102 (7/5/10) Jacob Paul
Write The Book #100 (6/21/10) A Discussion With Four Emerging Writers
Write The Book #99 (6/14/10) James Tabor
Write The Book #98 (5/31/10) Nancy Means Wright
Write The Book #97 (5/24/10) Ginnah Howard
Write The Book #96 (5/17/10) Willow Bascom
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