‘Oprah’s Book Club’ Ditches March Pick ‘My Dark Vanessa’ After ‘American Dirt’ Controversy

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Even after years of doing her book club and weathering her share of controversies, Oprah Winfrey clearly wasn’t prepared for the backlash she received after picking “American Dirt” as the first selection for her Apple TV Plus series. Jeanine Cummins’ book about Mexican migrants has both become a bestseller and earned loud backlash, most notably from Latinx writers who have not, unlike Cummins, gotten a seven-figure advance to tell their stories.

Oprah Winfrey’s latest selection for her Book Club has been generating controversy, and she’ll be interviewing American Dirt author Jeanine Cummins in a two-part episode on Apple TV+.

NEW YORK -- Oprah Winfrey reversed her book club selection of Kate Elizabeth Russell’s upcoming “My Dark Vanessa” after the novel was briefly the subject of online controversy, a spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialogue about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her son fleeing to the United States.

When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel American Dirt for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialogue about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her son fleeing to the U.S. Instead, Winfrey ended up organizing a show that put the book, its author Jeanine Cummins and Winfrey herself on trial.

Oprah Winfrey’s latest selection for her “Oprah’s Book Club” has been generating controversy, and she’ll be interviewing American Dirt author Jeanine Cummins in a two-part episode on Apple TV+.

TUCSON, Arizona -- When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her son fleeing to the United States.

TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog about the narrative, which follows a Mexican mother and her son fleeing to the United States.