Mortification: Writers’ Stories of their Public ShameA collection of stories from some of the worlds greatest writers about their own public humiliation. 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