Interview with Jane Roper - THE SOCIETY OF SHAME

In this interview, Jane and I discuss The Society of Shame, how she decided to write this story, weaving in the themes of scandal, cancel culture, media influence, online shaming and politics, crafting a mother/daughter tale, why the story takes place over 28 days, and much more.

Jane's recommended reads are:

Terra Nova by Henriette Lazaridis
The River at Night by Erika Ferencik
The Other Family Doctor by Karen Fine

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Jane Roper

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Jane Roper is the author of two novels "The Society of Shame" and "Eden Lake," and a memoir, "Double Time: How I Survived–and Mostly Thrived–Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins." Her writing has appeared in Salon, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Millions, Poets & Writers, The Rumpus, Cognoscenti, Writers’ Digest and elsewhere, and has been included in the anthology Labor Day: True Birth Stories by today’s Best Women Writers. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Jane currently lives just north of Boston with her husband, rad teenage twins, and two cats, one of whom sucks.

Interview with Jane Roper - THE SOCIETY OF SHAME

Jane Roper

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