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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).
Stephen Elliott - Archive Interview (4/12/21)
Neil Shepard - Archive Interview (4/5/21)
Angela Patten - Archive Interview (3/29/21)
Blending the Tangible and the Ineffable in Fiction: Steven Wingate and Maxim Loskutoff (3/22/21)
Matthew Salesses (3/15/21)
Jakob Guanzon (3/8/21)
Andrea Williams - 3/1/21
From the Archives: Howard Norman (2/22/21)
On Writing for a YA Audience: Sharon G. Flake and Bill Konigsberg (2/15/21)
Claudio Lomnitz (2/8/21)
Setting: A Conversation with Susan Conley and Lauren Fox (2/1/21)
From the Archives: Kathryn Davis (1/25/21)
Ryan Scagnelli (1/18/21)
Plotting the Literary Novel: A Conversation with Margot Livesey and Jill McCorkle (1/11/21)
Ally Condie (1/4/21)
David Jauss - Archive Interview (12/28/20)
A Message from Shelagh: Happy Holidays!
Dawna Pederzani (12/14/20)
Martin Puchner (12/7/20)
Matt Fried - Archive Episode (11/30/20)
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