More Dirt on American Dirt

I have posted previously on the controversy surrounding the new book American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.  I found this set of interviews on Latino USA to be fair, balanced, and interesting.  Maria Hinojosa spoke to four people at the heart of the American Dirt controversy:  Myriam Gurba — writer and author — who wrote an explosive critique of the novel; Sandra Cisneros, who speaks publicly about the book for the first time; Luis Alberto Urrea, a Mexican-American author who has written extensively about border life; and finally, Jeanine Cummins, the author of American Dirt.

A book tour was cancelled.

The controversy has not hurt book sales.  American Dirt is currently number 1 on the Amazon Charts.

KJ