_MalcolmGladwell_

the best thing about canada--that americans don't recognize--is that we're a country whose citizens look for reasons to agree with each other. as opposed to vice versa. this is my great frustration with the US. i don't think americans really are divided. i just think that they work really hard at playing up their differences.

i think that it would be real useful, right now, for Americans to read, or re-read, the New Testament, so they could see that Jesus spent nearly all of his time speaking to the poor and welcoming immigrants, refugees and outcasts. kind of a good thing to be reminded of these days.

i have vowed that at no point during the promotion of this book will i utter the "T" word. :)

then i recommend that americans go back and read the new testament a second and then a third time

well, this is a good example of why i sometimes find reviews of my work very frustrating. this particular passages critiques the basis for the romantic notion that poets commit suicide more than other professions. but i only referred to that belief in the context of a chapter where i ALSO critiqued the romantic interpretation of poet's behavior. sometimes critics work very hard to create controversy where none exists.