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Naomi BenaronRunning the Rift is the most recent winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, as awarded by Barbara Kingsolver. It's also an... Continue »
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Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame

by Robin Robertson

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Humiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of high-mindedness and low income that is inherently comic; something about the very idea of deeply private thoughts — carefully worked and honed into art over the years — being presented to a public audience of dubious strangers, that strays perilously close to tragedy. These seventy contributions prove it is possible to reverse Auden's dictum: that art is born out of humiliation.
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Robin Robertson is a respected editor and poet. He is the author of two volumes of poetry, A Painted Field and Slow Air.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060750923
Author:
Robertson, Robin
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Anthologies-Essays
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Publication Date:
20050431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.04x6.66x.70 in. .53 lbs.
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