Other commentators pointed out the problems in a publishing community that could so enthusiastically promote such a flawed novel. 21, the Internet was full of smart commentary that not only delineated the flaws in “American Dirt” but also the deleterious effects of baking mawkish racial stereotypes in sweet nuggets for a largely white, ill-informed audience. Other writers noticed - particularly people of color - and by the time the novel was released on Jan. It’s a fierce critique, full of insight and anger - the kind of urgency one almost never sees in the pages of the nation’s hand-patting book reviews. Gurba exposed the novel’s cliches, stereotypes and clumsiness, and then she went after Cummins for appropriating the story of Mexican migrants and exploiting their suffering. But more than a month ago, long before most of us had heard of this book, Chicana writer Myriam Gurba posted a take-no-prisoners review on a website titled Tropics of Meta.
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