![]() In fact, until very recently, she didn't lay claim to the Latinx heritage that comes to her through a Puerto Rican grandmother. Let me start with the obvious: Cummins has never lived even within five hundred miles of Mexico or the border. And it's harmful, appropriating, inaccurate, trauma-porn melodrama. ![]() Cummins received a seven-figure advance for this book. Jeanine Cummins' American Dirt is a novel about a Mexican bookseller who has to escape cartel-related violence with her son, fleeing to the US. Here's the press conference announcing the commitment to Latinx equity the publisher made: Īnd here's an article from LIBRARY JOURNAL about how our efforts have transformed Flatiron / Macmillan. watch this video: Īlso, as part of the #DignidadLiteraria team, I met with Flatiron / Macmillan. You're free to talk amongst yourselves, however!įor a deeper, nuanced conversation from a panel of Mexican American poets, professors, bloggers, librarians, poets laureate. ![]() ![]() BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ATTACKING ME IN THE COMMENTS ARE INCAPABLE OF CLICKING ON MY NAME TO LEARN THIS. ![]()
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