![]() A5ewYk7nEl- to the AP after the show, Winfrey lamented the controversy. ![]() The new episode of Oprah’s Book Club streams March 6th on Apple TV+. This Friday, we face “American Dirt” head-on. The program airs Friday on Apple TV Plus. The Associated Press was allowed to attend the taping of the highly anticipated program last month in Tucson, not far from where Cummins wrote and researched parts of the novel. ![]() Winfrey and Cummins were joined on the show by three prominent critics of the book. The Mexican-American writer Myriam Gurba condemned the novel as a "Trumpian" charade crammed with Mexican stereotypes. ![]() Just a few months ago, the book was one of 2020's most welcome releases, described as a modern-day version of John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. But criticism quickly mounted and made it Exhibit A in grievances against the industry. After critics complained about the novel's portrayal of Latinos, she turned the forum into a debate about the marginalization of Latino voices, the lack of diversity in publishing and the question of who is best suited to tell a given story. Instead, Winfrey ended up organizing a show that put the book, author Jeanine Cummins and Winfrey herself on trial. ![]() When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel American Dirt for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialogue about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her son fleeing to the United States. ![]()
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