{"product_id":"mortification-writers-stories-of-their-public-shame-9780060750923","title":"Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumiliation 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobertson, Robin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRobin Robertson is from the northeast coast of Scotland. He has published five collections of poetry and received a number of accolades, including the Petrarca-Preis, the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Forward Prize in each category. Apart from his translations of Euripides, he has also edited a collection of essays, \u003cem\u003eMortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame\u003c\/em\u003e, and, in 2006, he published \u003cem\u003eThe Deleted World\u003c\/em\u003e, a selection of free English versions of poems by the Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872423317778,"sku":"9780060750923","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5f5744d8-31e4-4744-85d1-0b88354bdf0a.jpg?v=1737897096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mortification-writers-stories-of-their-public-shame-9780060750923","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}