5/10/2023 0 Comments Book american dirt![]() ![]() ![]() In contemporary literary circles, there is a serious and legitimate sensitivity to people writing about heritages that are not their own because, at its worst, this practice perpetuates the evils of colonization, stealing the stories of oppressed people for the profit of the dominant. I could never speak to the accuracy of the book’s representation of Mexican culture or the plights of migrants I have never been Mexican or a migrant. I was sure I was the wrong person to review this book. It is less a work of criticism than a lengthy self-examination, with Groff, who is white, agonizing about whether it is even appropriate for her to review the book: ![]() Lauren Groff’s review of American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins’s new novel about a mother and son fleeing cartel violence in Mexico, is one of the odder articles that The New York Times Book Review has published in recent memory. ![]()
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