Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame by Robin Robertson

Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame

Robin Robertson

288 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective slow-paced
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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 inheren...

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