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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 #53 (5/25/09) Kimberly K. Jones
Write The Book #52 (5/18/09) Jim DeFilippi
Write The Book #51 (5/11/09) Robin Hemley
Write The Book #50 (5/4/09) Laurel Neme
Write The Book #49 (4/27/09) Castle Freeman, Jr.
Write The Book #48 (4/20/09) Rauan Klassnik
Write The Book #47 (4/6/09) Margot Livesey
Write The Book #46 (3/30/09) Laurie Alberts
Write The Book #45 (3/23/09) Phyllis Barber
Write The Book #44 (3/16/09) Tammy Greenwood
Write The Book #43 (3/9/09) Anita Diamant
Write The Book #42 (3/2/09) Robert Vivian, Norbert Ender
write the book #41 (2/14/09) Kate Harper & Leon Marasco
write the book #40 (2/7/09) Xu Xi
write the book #39 (1/31/09) Abby Frucht
write the book #38 (1/17/09) Rosellen Brown
write the book #37 (1/10/09) Sorche Fairbank
Write The Book #36 (12/27/08) Charles Barasch
Write The Book #35 (12/20/08) Linda Bland
Write The Book #34, Louella Bryant (12/13/08)
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