Tayari|NNP 's|POS Blog|NNP :|: There|EX 's|VBZ A|DT Sucker|NNP Born|VBN Every|DT Minute|NNP Posted|VBN by|IN Tayari|NNP Jones|NNP on|IN March|NNP 3|CD ,|, 2008|CD 10:57|NN PM|NN 

And|CC apparently|RB ,|, they|PRP all|DT go|VBP to|TO work|VB in|IN publishing|NN .|. 

This|DT has|VBZ been|VBN a|DT bad|JJ week|NN for|IN liars|NNS .|. 
First|LS the|DT holocaust|NN survivor|NN who|WP said|VBD she|PRP was|VBD literally|RB raised|VBN by|IN wolves|NNS turns|VBZ out|IN to|TO be|VB just|RB a|DT regular|JJ ,|, if|IN depressed|JJ ,|, person|NN .|. 
Now|RB ,|, Margaret|NNP Seltzer|NNP ,|, the|DT author|NN of|IN Love|NN and|CC Consequences|NNP ,|, the|DT highly|RB acclaimed|JJ "|'' memoir|NN "|'' about|IN her|PRP$ life|NN as|IN a|DT half|JJ Native|NNP American|JJ /|NN half|NN White|NNP gang|NN banger|NN ,|, has|VBZ been|VBN been|VBN explosed|JJ as|IN a|DT fraud|NN .|. 

In|IN the|DT vividly|RB told|VBN book|NN ,|, Ms.|NN Seltzer|NNP wrote|VBD about|IN her|PRP$ African-|NNP American|JJ foster|JJ brothers|NNS ,|, Terrell|NNP and|CC Taye|NNP ,|, who|WP joined|VBD the|DT Bloods|NNP gang|NN when|WRB they|PRP were|VBD 11|CD and|CC 13|CD .|. 
She|PRP chronicled|JJ her|PRP$ experiences|NNS making|VBG drug|NN deliveries|NNS for|IN gang|NN leaders|NNS at|IN age|NN 13|CD and|CC how|WRB she|PRP was|VBD given|VBN her|PRP$ first|JJ gun|NN as|IN a|DT birthday|NN present|JJ when|WRB she|PRP was|VBD 14|CD .|. 
Ms.|NN Seltzer|NNP told|VBD The|DT Times|NNP last|JJ week|NN ,|, “|NN One|CD of|IN the|DT first|JJ things|NNS I|PRP did|VBD once|RB I|PRP started|VBD making|VBG drug|NN money|NN was|VBD to|TO buy|VB a|DT burial|NN plot|NN .|. ”|NN 
It|PRP 's|VBZ like|IN a|DT satire|NN of|IN a|DT satire|NN .|. 
This|DT is|VBZ my|PRP$ favorite|JJ line|NN in|IN the|DT whole|JJ NYT|NNP article|NN :|: "|'' Sarah|NNP McGrath|NNP ,|, the|DT editor|NN at|IN Riverhead|NNP who|WP worked|VBD with|IN Ms.|NN Seltzer|NNP for|IN three|CD years|NNS on|IN the|DT book|NN ,|, said|VBD she|PRP was|VBD stunned|VBN to|TO discover|VB that|IN the|DT author|NN had|VBD lied|VBD .|. "|'' 
Gotta|NNP love|NN that|DT understatement|NN and|CC comic|JJ timing|NN .|. 

But|CC seriously|RB ,|, you|PRP may|MD remember|VB an|DT article|NN last|JJ summer|NN that|IN appered|JJ in|IN TimeOut|NNP New|NNP York|NNP about|IN matters|NNS of|IN race|NN in|IN publishing|NN .|. 
(|( My|PRP$ post|NN on|IN the|DT subject|NN here|RB .|. )|) 
This|DT was|VBD one|CD of|IN most|JJS important|JJ quotes|NNS from|IN the|DT article|NN :|: “|NN Invariably|RB ,|, ”|NN says|VBZ Craig|NNP ,|, “|NN a|DT black-themed|JJ book|NN will|MD come|VB up|RP for|IN consideration|NN ,|, and|CC there|EX won|VBD ’|NN t|NN be|VB anyone|NN of|IN color|NN to|TO put|VB in|IN an|DT opinion|NN ,|, or|CC there|EX ’|NN ll|NN be|VB one|CD ,|, who|WP shouldn|NN ’|NN t|NN bear|NN the|DT burden|NN alone|RB .|. 
So|IN we|PRP all|DT pretend|VB we|PRP ’|NN re|NN experts|NNS .|. 
Maybe|RB I|PRP ’|NN m|NN the|DT only|RB one|CD who|WP ’|NN s|VBZ embarrassed|VBN by|IN that|DT .|. ”|NN 
The|DT end|NN result|NN of|IN such|JJ roundtables|NNS ,|, one|PRP can|MD only|RB fear|VB ,|, could|MD be|VB that|IN the|DT only|JJ books|NNS depicting|VBG people|NNS of|IN color|NN that|WDT get|VBP published|VBN are|VBP those|DT that|WDT do|VBP not|RB challenge|VB white|JJ assumptions|NNS .|. 

I|PRP ca|MD n't|RB help|VB but|CC wonder|VBP if|IN Ms.|NN Seltzer|NNP 's|POS book|NN with|IN all|DT it|PRP 's|VBZ far-fetched|JJ ,|, tales-from-the-urban-jungle|JJ flair|NN ,|, would|MD have|VB passed|VBN the|DT smell|NN test|NN were|VBD it|PRP read|VBN by|IN a|DT more|RBR diverse|JJ panel|NN of|IN editors|NNS .|. 

Comment|NN #|# 1|CD ,|, by|IN carleen|NN 

I|PRP read|VBP that|DT article|NN in|IN the|DT Times|NNP and|CC IMMEDIATELY|NNP thought|VBD it|PRP was|VBD going|VBG to|TO be|VB a|DT hoax|NN .|. 
But|CC then|RB I|PRP thought|VBD ,|, surely|RB after|IN all|PDT the|DT others|NNS ,|, she|PRP had|VBD been|VBN vetted|JJ to|TO heaven|NN and|CC back|RB .|. 
Ha|NNP !|. 
Guess|NNP I|PRP 'm|VBP a|DT sucker|NN too|RB .|. 

March|NNP 3|CD ,|, 2008|CD 11:20|NN PM|NN 

Comment|NN #|# 2|CD ,|, by|IN Michael|NNP Fischer|NNP 

Um|NNP ,|, wow|UH .|. 
That|DT is|VBZ ridiculous|JJ .|. 

March|NNP 3|CD ,|, 2008|CD 11:43|NN PM|NN 

Comment|NN #|# 3|CD ,|, by|IN Sarah|NNP Schulman|NNP 

I|PRP wonder|VBP why|WRB they|PRP did|VBD n't|RB present|JJ their|PRP$ books|NNS as|IN novels|NNS .|. 

March|NNP 4|CD ,|, 2008|CD 01:39|NN PM|NN 

Comment|NN #|# 4|CD ,|, by|IN Sarah|NNP Schulman|NNP 

I|PRP wonder|VBP why|WRB they|PRP did|VBD n't|RB present|JJ their|PRP$ books|NNS as|IN novels|NNS .|. 

March|NNP 4|CD ,|, 2008|CD 01:41|NN PM|NN 

