Their lives and seek refuge across the u. S. Border. Although mused. Heard immigration. And this story really opened my heart and changed the way i will see migrants. Oprah loves the book it has earned a coveted spot in the Oprah Winfrey book club and donna praised by the authors john grisham and stephen king as well as Mexican American authors Sandra Cisneros and Erika Sanchez the novel which is it was written by an author who is neither mexican nor migrant is now the center of a debate over who gets to tell stories of historically marginalized people critics online say the book is rife with stereotypes and cultural misrepresentations the controversy also highlights the issues that result from a lack of diversity in a white dominated u. S. Publishing industry joining us to talk about this in Long Beach California William Gerber she is a writer. Artists whose wife he shared book review of america and helped spark a more critical look at the novel isnt Louis Missouri Sanchez Prado he is
Lives and seek refuge across the u. S. Border. Although mused. Heard immigration. And this story really opened my heart and changed the way i will see migrants. Oprah loves the book it has earned a coveted spot in the Oprah Winfrey book club and donna praised by the authors john grisham and stephen king as well as Mexican American authors Sandra Cisneros and Erika Sanchez the novel which is it was written by an author who is neither mexican nor a migrant is now the center of a debate over who gets to tell stories of historically marginalized people critics online say the book is rife with stereotypes and cultural misrepresentations the controversy also highlights the issues that result from a lack of diversity in a white dominated u. S. Publishing industry joining us to talk about this in Long Beach California William Gerber she is a writer and artists whose widely shared book review of america and helped spark a more critical look at the novel is an enormous missouri Sanchez Prado he
Matter. How does seem to bring you the need current. That matter to. Aljazeera. Ok and join the stream today a new novel about a mexican families migration to the u. S. Well look at why the book is striking a nerve with american latinos online ringback. We are journalists covering organized crime and Drug Trafficking and you are in. The book is called america and it tells the story of a middle class mexican woman and her 8 year old son who are suddenly forced to flee for their lives and seek refuge across the u. S. Border. Although mused. Heard immigration. And this story really opened my heart and changed the way i will see migrants. Oprah loves the book it has earned a coveted spot in the Oprah Winfrey book club and donna praised by the authors john grisham and stephen king as well as Mexican American authors Sandra Cisneros and Erika Sanchez the novel which is it was written by an author who is neither mexican nor a migrant is now the center of a debate over who gets to tell stories
On cspan2. Great weather here all the time. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Welcome to the texas book festival. Im joined today by two incredible authors who are going to help us unpack American Health care. Katherine eban, who whens an investigative journalist, a Fortune Magazine contributor and an Andrew Carnegie fellow. Her articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and coercive interrogations by the cia have Won International attention and numerous awards. She lectures frequently on the topic of pharmaceutical integrity, bottle of lies the inside story of the generic drug boom, her second book, was published bihar per collins in by harpercollins in may. Based on a decade of reporting, the book takes readers into manufacturing plants where the majority of our low cost generic medicine is made. Educated at Brown University and oxford where she was a rhodes scholar, eban lives in brooklyn with her husband, two daughters and newfoundland dog romeo. Dr. Marty mak
Hood of a police car with his hands, you dont see that in minnesota, do you . This is the time when the best of the year lists start to pop up. Time magazine today unveiled their person of the year, and that person is greta thunberg, the 16yearold activist, the youngest woman, youngest human ever to be named person of the year, and to honor this young woman whos dedicated her life thus far to saving the environment, time, will cut down 2 Million Trees to print the magazine. Greta is a very worthy recipient of this honor. I have to hand it to our president. He has yet to throw a temper tantrum about this. He wasnt named, but hes on his best behavior, unfortunately, his namesake, donnie jr. Was not. He said time leaves out the hong kong protesters fighting for their lives and freedoms to push a teen being used. As a marketing gimmick. How dare you. Then he went back underwater to strangle an endangered dolphin. Hes full of surprises. I do have to say, though, its great that greta made th