Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After strong backlash to author Jeanine Cummins’ controversial new novel “American Dirt,” the book’s publisher canceled Cummins’ remaining tour dates, ...

In an early chapter of “American Dirt,” the much-hyped novel now at the center of a racial controversy, the protagonist, Lydia, fills her Acapulco, Mexico, bookstore with her favorite literary ...

Of all the weather phenomena, fog may be the richest in literary associations. To be in a fog is to have senses dimmed, to feel as if you're inhabiting a space between worlds. For early 20th century ...

In what amounts to the Holy Grail for authors, Oprah Winfrey has announced the latest selection for her book club, “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins. The novel, about a Mexican woman and her young ...

The widely hyped novel, now mired in controversy, is a fictional account of a Mexican woman whose life is shattered by cartel violence and is forced to flee for the United States. Lydia Quixano Perez ...

Oprah Winfrey with touts author Jeanine Cummins’ novel “American Dirt,” which has spawned a debate about cultural appropriation. CBS/Getty Images People keep asking me about George Simon. They want to ...

At this point, reading Jeanine Cummins’ novel “American Dirt” in a vacuum is just about impossible, unless you don't have a social-media account, subscribe to any sort of news media or watch TV. The ...

You don’t need fire to burn books in 2020. A raging social-justice mob will suffice, ginned up by authors unwilling to fight back against censorship. Sound hyperbolic? Consider the case of Jeanine ...