Ethan Nosowsky is Editor-at-Large at Graywolf Press as well as the Program Consultant for Innovative Literature at the Creative Capital Foundation. He lives in Berkeley, CA.
As recovering addicts, we must love ourselves back to the source, love our shameful bits and decimations and not just our reconciliations and resurrections.
Shame is a treble hook that tells me that 1) I not only fail but am a failure, that 2) I not only damage people but I am damaged, and that 3) I not only lie but I am a lie.