#American Dirt

[paigeypaige19]

Now and again when a book moved her, when a book opened a previously undiscovered window in her mind and forever altered her perception of the world, she would add it to those secret ranks.

Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt

#Jeanine Cummins #American Dirt #book quotes #lit quotes #quotes #life quotes #books #reading #reading quotes #book lover #changing #growing #learning

[macaron-tea-party]

On White People Losing Their Minds to America Dirt Crud. Again

So I’m making a brief blog post.

People may remember eber the controversy around American Dirt but not how much it pissed off Latine folks, especially authors. Pamela Paul (who has her own problems with being crap at research and manipulating reviews in her previous job for the NYT)

She decided to write another one-sided (her side) look at book controversy by making the Latine authors who made concise and reasonable critiques of the novel and how it got ridiculously propped up. (The linked article is not the only one)

I'm just taking this opportunity to share this video from one of the founders of Dignidad Literaria who was one of many Latine writers who criticized the novel for lifting from other authors (like from Luis Alberto Urrea’s By the Lake of Sleeping Children) and for the larger trend of Latin authors not being given the chance nor anywhere near as much compensation for their own stories Cummins watered down for her cheap thriller novel.

Dr. Bowles is a prolific author, poet, translator, and professor (and a personal favorite academic of mine). I highly recommend his book, They Call Me Güero

"She's this middle-class, bookstore-owning woman who left Mexico with a small fortune in her pocket, like she was going to go to France or something. With inheritance money. With an ATM to her mom's life savings. And why did she leave? Because she was flirting with a drug lord who's now trying to kill her.”

If you want to hear more about the controversy give LatinoUSA’s podcast about it a listen.

#Youtube #dignidad literaria #latine #my Latin novel #caucasity #literary critique #latin authors #books #mexican #mexicano #latinidad #latine authors #ownvoices #whiteness #white nonsense #american dirt #Jeanine cummins #flat iron #publishers #publishing

[checkthefeed]

[ Seth Demara - American Dirt DEMO - FULL PART ]

Seth Demara full part from American Dirt Demo.

Filmed during 2022-2023 season.

Full "AMERICAN DIRT DEMO" Video Premiering Online next month, November 2023.

Filmed by: BIG E Danny Sokol Adam Leiterman Dan Loehmann Nick Auberger Tanner Manninen Al Nash Lil Ben

Edited by: BIG E

Music: Still Pumpin - Young Dolph

#Seth Demara #American Dirt #Full Part #2023 #Street #Youtube

[aforcedelire]

American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins

J’ai tellement vu passer ce roman à sa sortie, et on m’en a tellement parlé (à la fois les client.e.s de la librairie et sur les réseaux sociaux) qu’il me faisait envie depuis un bail. Le genre de livre où tu te dis « Ok je connais rien à l’histoire, à peu près les grandes lignes, mais ça a l’air trop bien » et où tu l’achètes les yeux fermés.

On y suit l’histoire de Lydia, libraire à Acapulco au Mexique, qui mène une existence plus ou moins paisible malgré les tensions et les violences causées dans la ville par les puissants cartels de narcotraficantes. Jusqu’au jour où son mari Sebastián, s’apprêtant à révéler dans la presse l’identité du chef du principal cartel, lui apprend qu’il s’agit de Javier, un client érudit avec qui elle s’est liée dans sa librairie… Tout bascule quelques heures plus tard. Du massacre ordonné et orchestré par Javier, Lydia et son fils de huit ans Luca sont les seuls survivants. Elle décide alors de fuir pour sa vie, parce qu’elle sait que Javier n’aura de cesse de les poursuivre pour finir le travail. Et les voilà tous deux rejoignants le flot de migrants qui tentent leur chance à bord du terrible train la Bestia, pour tenter de traverser la frontière avec les États-Unis.

Au début, j’ai eu un peu de mal à me plonger dans American Dirt. La violence y est omniprésente, et ce dès les premières lignes, avec l’exécution de pas moins de 16 personnes et la fuite désespérée de Lydia et Luca. Mais très vite, passées les 100 premières pages (sur un total de 560, ça va) j’ai été happée par l’histoire. Remplie de tragédies, mais aussi remplie d’espoir. J’ai particulièrement encore plus accroché quand Lydia et Luca se lient avec deux sœurs venues du Honduras, Soledad et Rebeca. J’ai adoré leurs personnages ! La suite, je l’ai dévorée très rapidement.

Beaucoup de passages m’ont fait froid dans le dos, parce qu’ils mettaient en avant la cruauté des cartels et des narcotraficants. À travers le passé de Lydia, celui de Soledad et celui de Rebeca, on a pu voir toute l’étendue de leur violence. Trafics d’humains, assassinats, violences, viols, kidnapping… la liste est longue. Mais j’ai aussi adoré tout cet autre côté chaleureux et rempli d’espoir, avec des humains qui aident d’autres humains. Un roman dur et intense, sur les violences de la vie des migrants forcés de tout quitter pour une vie qu’ils espèrent meilleure. Terrifiant et pourtant rempli d’espoir !

11/08/2023 - 14/08/2023

#livres #books #livre #book #littérature #littérature américaine #10/18 éditions #american dirt #jeanine cummins

[kammartinez]

#racism #publishing #american dirt #pamela paul #books

[kamreadsandrecs]

#books #publishing #american dirt #pamela paul #racism #how are they still giving that woman a platform? #i mean okay yes i get it the american writing scene is racist trash so this is unsurprising #but jfc i'd hoped this'd be the last we'd hear from her #BUT NOPE

[gallusrostromegalus]

We have little American Toadlets in my parent's yard, and I've been (carefully) scooping them up out of dog-gobbling range and releasing them into my mother's cabbages in hopes they do something about the cabbage moth caterpillars. Some of them chill out, enjoy their hand-ride and photograph well, like this portly little creature.

Others...

#toad #american toad #toadlet #ive relocated like eight of them so far #never seen this many! its awesome! #remember to never sqeeze an amphibian #never pick one up unless it is in danger and you have NO lotion/sunscreen/bugspray on your hands #and always wash your hands after because even if it isn't venomous #they live in the dirt

[fullcravings]

Homemade Dirt Pudding

#homemade #chocolate #dirt pudding #pudding #kids #oreo #food #gummy works #easy #classic #american #summer #dessert #no bake #recipe #layer #4th of july #quick and easy #sallysbakingaddiction

[artfilmfan]

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson, 2023)

cinematography: Jomo Fray

#kaylee nicole johnson #sheila atim #charleen mcclure #raven jackson #all dirt roads taste of salt #female filmmakers #female film directors #women in film #female directed films #female directors #african american

[charlesoberonn]

It's called Accusation in a Mirror and it's very intentional as part of their propaganda, going back to Joseph Goebbels:

"Accuse the other of which you're guilty."

You can see a clear example of it in the Republicans' attempt to smear Biden for the kind of nepotism and corruption that Trump did openly during his presidency.

#like their main accusation against him #is that his threat to withhold aid from Ukraine while he was VP unless they fired a corrupt pro-putin prosecutor #(something which was in-line with American and International policy) #is the same as Trump threatening to withhold aid unless Zelenskyy gives him dirt on Biden #the thing Trump got impeached for (the first time)

[televangelist666]

Something so calm about being here with not a care in the world, moving through the back parts of the woods and photographing all the beautiful things I come across 👼🏻

#southern gothic #ethel cain #photography #vintage #preachers daughter #photo edit #aestheitcs #m1ne #instant portraits #american aesthetic #western gothic #americana #super 8mm #8mm film #north carolina #summer #country #vintage photography #greenery #dirt road #old films #field

[paigeypaige19]

If there's one good thing about terror, Lydia now understands, it's that it's more immediate than grief. She knows that she will soon have to contend with what's happened, but for now, the possibility of what might happen still serves to anesthetize her from the worst of the anguish.

Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt

#Jeanine Cummins #American Dirt #book quotes #lit quotes #quotes #life quotes #terror #grief #self preservation #survival

[lastoneout]

this is my entire stance on the "american food is bad" discourse summed up

#there are two distinct times when american food is bad #when it's people who are well off or rich enough that all they care about is appearances and how expensive the ingredients are #bcs they don't care about taste anymore it's a status thing #and also when it's stupid gentrified gimmick restaurants basically following the Cesare from Big Top Burger formula #where it doesn't matter how it tastes #it's just about it looking cool or having a gimmick so influences will come take pictures and give you tons of free advertising #that's when american food is bad #bcs rip to y'all but I grew up dirt fucking poor around other dirt fucking poor people of all races and backgrounds #and we COULD cook y'all under the table with these things #when all you have for food is hamburger helper and canned soup well damn you learn how to make it taste good #also those two bad times are NOT unique to america AT ALL #remember the Australian fish and chips that had activated charcoal and looked like actual shit? #this ain't an american problem this is a fucking rich people problem send tweet #this is also why I can't watch chopped anymore #the way they talk about ingredients like those like they're worthless and they can't believe people would eat them #like cool glad you grew up well off enough to afford real people food #the rest of us had to learn to make velveeta taste good and you know what #I could cook your ass under the table with velveeta and all those other 'cheap' ingredients you're mocking

[onenicebugperday]

Sorry this picture is blurry. Taken in Colusa, CA.

A child! It's an Asian lady beetle larva :)

#dirt-blonde-american #insects #bugs #beetle #submission #asian lady beetle #larva

[222hayden]

Emma Roberts aesthetic

#this is what makes us girls #nostalgia #dirt core #emma roberts #american horror story #american horror murder house #palo alto #tumblr girls #it girl #girlhood #girlcore #girl blogger #feminine beauty #beautiful #this is a girlblog #hell is a teenage girl

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: When neighbours John and Levi witness shocking supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realise documenting the paranormal could inject some much-needed fame and fortune into their humdrum lives.

#something in the dirt (2022) #science fiction #horror comedy #2020s #united states #north american movie #horror #movies #poll #more than 50% havent heard