Category Archive: American Dirt

Getting the American Dirt on the Tiger Mother – or What Asian Americans Can Learn From Latinx Writers about Challenging Misrepresentation

Why are certain stories and storytellers amplified while others are ignored or silenced?

Pendeja, You Ain’t Steinbeck: My Bronca with Fake-Ass Social Justice Literature

A feminist magazine attempts to bury a critical review of an opportunistic, racist, brownface novel. Writer Myriam Gurba tells the story.