http://ncrealestateblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/new-york-times-book-reviews-a-game-called-salisbury-susan-barringer-wells/ News and information about North Carolina visit: NCrealestateforum.com Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ncrealestateblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/new-york-times-book-reviews-a-game-called-salisbury-susan-barringer-wells/#comment-478 tex wood Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:25:48 +0000 http://ncrealestateblog.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-478 ...Faulknerian in its revelations and observations of human nature, clearly spotlighting the question of real responsibility not just for active human evil, but also for spawning its activity. Those PEOPLE in the media (not some amorphous Media) are held to account. I doubt they'll appreciate seeing that fact bared, so I doubt we'll see many reviews of this thorough indictment. Wells shows us that lynchings were (and are) the tip of the iceburg, the cruel result of calculated manipulation of our base human natures and our cowardliness in not confronting evil when we see it, either now or then. While this book lacks Twain's humor, it rivals his incisiveness. …Faulknerian in its revelations and observations of human nature, clearly spotlighting the question of real responsibility not just for active human evil, but also for spawning its activity. Those PEOPLE in the media (not some amorphous Media) are held to account. I doubt they’ll appreciate seeing that fact bared, so I doubt we’ll see many reviews of this thorough indictment. Wells shows us that lynchings were (and are) the tip of the iceburg, the cruel result of calculated manipulation of our base human natures and our cowardliness in not confronting evil when we see it, either now or then.
While this book lacks Twain’s humor, it rivals his incisiveness.

]]> http://ncrealestateblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/new-york-times-book-reviews-a-game-called-salisbury-susan-barringer-wells/#comment-185 Book Reviews Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:20:34 +0000 http://ncrealestateblog.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-185 [...] paulahewitt wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSales of Susan Barringer Wells’ new book, A Game Called Salisbury are progressing well. Susan was featured in the Greensboro Daily News, I believe on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Susan has a book signing coming up at Barnes & Noble in Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro this week. I wonder if anyone from the New York Times book review department has caught wind of Susan’s new book. If anyone out there from The New York Times, Washington Post, or anyone else would care to comment on the book, let us know. [...] [...] paulahewitt wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSales of Susan Barringer Wells’ new book, A Game Called Salisbury are progressing well. Susan was featured in the Greensboro Daily News, I believe on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Susan has a book signing coming up at Barnes & Noble in Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro this week. I wonder if anyone from the New York Times book review department has caught wind of Susan’s new book. If anyone out there from The New York Times, Washington Post, or anyone else would care to comment on the book, let us know. [...]

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