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Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

September 11, 2023 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I became aware of Myriam Gurba on Twitter when she tweeted about her review of a forthcoming bestseller, American Dirt, being killed because it was too mean. My first thought, being intimately familiar with the liberties white women take with other people’s stuff, was that she was, at a minimum, as mean as she needed to be. (I am a white woman, born and raised in Texas, so when I say I am intimately familiar, I mean it is my heritage.) There is an essay […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, american dirt, Creep, mexico, Myriam Gurba, NetGalley, personal essays

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:82 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, american dirt, Creep, mexico, Myriam Gurba, NetGalley, personal essays ·
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A swing and a miss from Oprah.

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

September 19, 2020 by scootsa1000 6 Comments

I did not like this book. I remember the weird Oprah controversy from last year, but honestly, didn’t pay too much attention to it while it was going on. And then my book club chose it for the summer selection. Most people loved it — regardless of the controversial story of Jeanine Cummins — but I couldn’t really get past her whole story and as I continued reading (well, listening), I got more and more annoyed with her and the story. A quick overview of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: american dirt, cbr12, cbr12bingo, friendship, jeanine cummins, oprah, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: american dirt, cbr12, cbr12bingo, friendship, jeanine cummins, oprah, Scootsa1000 ·
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