Melissa Petro

Oct 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | Melissa Petro

The author, right, is pictured with her husband. Photo Courtesy Of Melissa PetroNot too long after I sold my book to a Big Five publisher for a six-figure advance, my husband lost his job. Even though money wasn’t an issue on account of the book deal — and I was actually relieved that he could take over the lion’s share of invisible labor that I’d been managing for years on top of my low-paid, part-time freelance work — I felt my partner’s stress level rise.

Sep 16, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Melissa Petro

Melissa Petro’s Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortificationopens with a moment from her own life when she experienced public humiliation: having to leave her job as a teacher of art and creative writing at an elementary school in the South Bronx after she was outed as a former sex worker. Dubbed a “prosti-teacher” in the tabloids,Petro has spent the two decades since thinking about shame — in particular, women’s shame.

Sep 12, 2024 | msn.com | Melissa Petro

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Sep 12, 2024 | huffpost.com | Melissa Petro

Not too long after I sold my book to a Big Five publisher for a six-figure advance, my husband lost his job. Even though money wasn’t an issue on account of the book deal — and I was actually relieved that he could take over the lion’s share of invisible labor that I’d been managing for years on top of my low-paid, part-time freelance work — I felt my partner’s stress level rise.

Sep 11, 2024 | therumpus.net | Melissa Petro

The Author: Melissa PetroThe Book: Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2024)The Elevator Pitch: A hard look at how shame is weaponized against women to keep them from knowing their worth and achieving their goals; uses science and literature alongside 150+ women’s stories—including the author’s—to strategize solutions for finding respite from the culture of shame.