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Jan 21, 2020 · American Dirt has been the subject of controversy and criticism since 2019, when early readers first offered their opinions after seeing advance copies.
Jan 22, 2020 · The controversy over the new immigration novel American Dirt, explained. A non-Mexican author wrote a book about Mexican migrants. Critics are calling it trauma porn. On January 21, Oprah...
Jan 24, 2020 · Latinx writers and critics are speaking out against Jeanine Cummins' new book American Dirt, calling its depiction of the migrant experience inauthentic and harmful. We asked Cummins to respond.
Jan 26, 2023 · Looking back now, it’s clear that the “American Dirt” debacle of January 2020 was a harbinger, the moment when the publishing world lost its confidence and ceded moral authority to the worst...
Jan 27, 2020 · The novel "American Dirt" hit bookstores in a way most authors can only dream of: a seven-figure bidding war for the publishing rights, a movie option prior to publication, and a selection for...
Jan 21, 2020 · American Dirt. The controversy about Jeanine Cummins’ novel encompasses appropriation, cries of silencing, and four separate New York Times stories. By Rachelle Hampton. Jan 21, 20206:13 PM...
Jan 30, 2020 · The American Dirt Controversy Is Painfully Intramural. Novels can change minds, but this novel won’t. By Randy Boyagoda. Flatiron Books. January 30, 2020. Imagine if a controversial novel about a...
Jan 26, 2020 · Jan. 26, 2020 7 AM PT. It was poised to be a blockbuster long before copies arrived in bookstores last week: a thrilling contemporary migration story following a mother and her son, desperate to...
Mar 12, 2020 · The article offered enthusiastic support of my critique of American Dirt, a novel filled with stereotypes of Mexicans, and the movement it inspired to call out racism.
Nov 6, 2020 · The controversy surrounding the publication of American Dirt, a novel by Jeanine Cummins, has resulted in a firestorm: detractors claim the author lacks the credibility to write a story about...
