![]() “I hope this makes people realize how conservative publishing really is,” Myriam Gurba, a Mexican American writer, told the Guardian.Īmid the controversy, Flatiron Books and Headline, the book’s British publisher, kept up support for the author. Roxane Gay deplored Oprah’s decision to elevate the novel. Author Celeste Ng shared a review calling Cummins’ depictions of Mexico “laughably inaccurate”. ![]() ![]() Julissa Arce Raya, the author of My (Underground) American Dream, argued American Dirt was not representative of her experience as an undocumented immigrant in America. But, following its release, Cummins and Flatiron Books quickly drew fire for positioning the novel as a seminal book about Mexican immigrants. American Dirt, Cummins’ third novel, had been met with massive pre-publication praise and had been selected for Oprah Winfrey’s book club. ![]()
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