With an educational background in English Literature, Rhetoric, and Media Literacy Education, along with experience teaching these subjects in the high-school and college classroom, Mary Gr...view moreWith an educational background in English Literature, Rhetoric, and Media Literacy Education, along with experience teaching these subjects in the high-school and college classroom, Mary Graf has informed insights about the role emotional appeal plays in our modern, media-saturated world. She believes that our best hope for staying in charge of our minds and our bank accounts in a time when deception is so easy and widespread is the adoption of critical thinking skills that help us see through surface appeals to the truth that lies beneath. Along with these insights and her advocacy of Media Literacy Education in our schools, her background has also inspired an appreciation for writers who reflect and respond to the culture of their times in thought-provoking ways. The Folded Lie is her attempt to do the same.view less