Beth Allison Barr, Jonathan Brooks, Rachel Held Evans Neil Postman - March 7

Beth Allison Barr, Jonathan Brooks, Rachel Held Evans Neil Postman - March 7 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Mon, 03/07/22

March 7, 2022

“Americans no longer
talk to each other, they entertain each other.
They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions;
they argue with good looks, celebrities
and commercials.”

Neil Postman,
social critic
From his book Amusing Ourselves to Death

Tomorrow marks Neil Postman's birthday (b. 1931).

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Neil Postman – On the
Breakdown of Conversation

Tomorrow is the birthday of social critic and media ecologist Neil Postman… In his most prominent book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), Postman described vividly the crumbling capacity for conversation in American society, a reality that has only expanded in the 30+ years since this book was published. Here are 5 important passages from Amusing Ourselves to Death on the breakdown of conversation…

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The Monthly Kindle Ebook Sale – March 2022

Amazon recently released their ebook sale for March 2022 …
(Most ebooks in this sale are $3.99 or less!)
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Featuring titles by Sarah Bessey, Mitali Perkins,
Frederick Buechner, Karen Swallow Prior, more

Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books