Zibby's Essay: "In Defense of AMERICAN DIRT... and Just Being a Nice Person"
- Author
- Zibby Owens
- Published
- Sat 25 Jan 2020
- Episode Link
- https://play.acast.com/s/moms-dont-have-time-to-read-books/zibbysessay-indefenseofamericandirt...andjustbeinganiceperson
There has been a storm of controversy surrounding Jeanine Cummins' novel, AMERICAN DIRT. One big objection is that Jeanine shouldn't have written a story about a Mexican mother and her son trying to flee to the U.S. because she herself isn't Mexican and hasn't had that experience. I wrote this short essay in response to it. I published it on Medium and am reading it here (a 3-minute read!).
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