![]() ![]() In an episode of her Apple TV Plus series, “Oprah’s Book Club,” that became available on Friday, she addressed the book, her decision to feature it and the backlash to both. Winfrey decided instead to “lean in” to the conversation, she said. “ American Dirt” became a best seller, but its publisher, Flatiron, canceled a planned book tour and more than 100 writers signed an open letter asking Winfrey to reconsider her pick. After a scathing review by the writer Myriam Gurba, who said it relied on racist stereotypes, other Latinx writers and community members expressed similar criticism. It follows a mother and son fleeing Mexico for the United States to escape cartel violence and was described by its publisher as a modern-day version of “The Grapes of Wrath.”īut the conversation surrounding the book quickly turned sour. ![]() When Oprah Winfrey selected “ American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins as her January book club pick, the novel seemed poised to be one of the year’s major releases. ![]()
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