It continued the #OwnVoices movement, as well as the hashtag #DignidadLiteraria as a “call to politico-literary action” and better representation. Winfrey tweeted: “ From the first sentence, I was IN … Like so many of us, I’ve read newspaper articles and watched television news stories and seen movies about the plight of families looking for a better life, but this story changed the way I see what it means to be a migrant in a whole new way.”
A lot of the controversy came from advanced reader copies of the novel in 2019, and then blew up when Oprah announced it would be her latest book club pick. I borrowed the book from my neighbour without initially knowing much about the dispute. It would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the subject of white privilege and the controversy surrounding the Oprah’s Book Club novel American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins as a part of my review. A captivating read and some cold crew and snacks from The Tampered Press
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