Oprah picked Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt as her new book club selection, with the book to be discussed starting January 27. At the same time, Barnes & Noble also chose the book as their February Book Club pick. The selections follow a controversy online sparked by conflicting reviews published in the NYT from critic Parul Sehgal and author Lauren Groff, the amount of press the paper has given the book, and assertions by some in the Latinx community that the book is a work of appropriation. (While it’s well known in the trade, at some point it will be pointed […]
