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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 #75 (12/7/09) Charles Harper Webb
Write The Book #74 (11/30/09) Scott Russell Sanders, Part 2
Write The Book #73 (11/23/09) Scott Russell Sanders, Part 1
Write The Book #72 (11/9/09) Elaine Sopchak
Write The Book #71 (10/26/09) Thea Lewis
Write The Book #70 (10/19/09) Christopher Noel
Write The Book #69 (10/12/09) Tanya Lee Stone
Write The Book - Archive Interview #68 (10/05/09) Philip Graham
Write The Book #67 (9/28/09) Robert Cohen
Write The Book #66 (9/14/09) Rowan Jacobsen
Write The Book #64 (8/31/09) Vivian Dorsel
Write The Book #63 (8/24/09) Arnold Kozak
Write The Book #62 (8/7/09) Richard Russo
Write The Book #61 (8/3/09) Natasha Saje
Write The Book #60 (7/27/09) Mary McGarry Morris
Write The Book #59 (7/13/09) Clare Rossini
Write The Book #58 (7/6/09) Sue William Silverman
Write The Book #57 (6/29/09) Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Write The Book Archives #56 (6/22/09) Archer Mayor
Write The Book #54 (6/1/09) Sarah Dillard
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