The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #204: Paulina Flores
“Working with words is a quest, not blind, but in the darkness.”
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Posts Tagged: Humiliation
The Art of Shame
Wayne Koestenbaum’s Humiliation considers the humiliations of our lives and culture – from Liza Minelli to Eliot Spitzer to his own father.
...moreHumiliation is for Everybody
NPR Books is dissecting humiliation in this author interview with Wayne Koestenbaum (whose has a very recent book aptly titled “Humiliation”). Humiliation is the only way to describe certain life experiences—it’s both familiar and completely unavoidable—but it turns out it’s complex, context-dependent, and evolving along with our technologically-based social interactions. You can double your interview […]
...moreFunny Humiliation Hype
Hilarious book trailers are becoming more and more common, which is a trend I totally welcome. Wayne Koestenbaum who has attained the ultimate trifecta of poet, academic and novelist, has got a new book coming out in August called Humiliation. He’s hyping it like a true literary hustler—via a series of Picador’s vlogs called “Dear […]
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