Just When I Thought I Was Out... - by John Warner https://biblioracle.substack.com/p/just-when-i-thought-i-was-out?sd=pfted

on the nonsense of #AmericanDirt #bookstodon

“Totally up to you.” (Extremely satisfying, on the Pamela Paul #AmericanDirt business.) https://maxread.substack.com/p/editing-the-new-york-times

Best

RT @aaronhaceves@twitter.com

I'm not wading into #AmericanDirt discourse again, so all I'm gonna do is list books about Mexican people written by Mexican people.

(Starting with mine obvi.)

This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-Is-Why-They-Hate-Us/Aaron-H-Aceves/9781534485655

When rumors of 'American Dirt' began to spread
Fury arose from the literary world instead
Readers swiftly called for the book to be banned
And the publishing world won't soon forget the scandal

#americandirt #bookpublishing #literature #scandal #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/opinion/american-dirt-book-publishing.html

I'm a FOOL. WHY did I click on that #PamelaPaul column about #AmericanDirt?! Of course she thinks the problem is the people who critiqued the book. Of course.