‘I WAS THE VICTIM OF CANCEL CULTURE.
IT FELT LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD HATED ME’
Imagine – your new novel about Mexican migrants is about to come out. It’s had five-star
advance reviews and Oprah Winfrey has endorsed it for her book club. Then a vicious social
media row erupts... In her first interview since her global bestseller, American Dirt, made
headlines, Jeanine Cummins tells Julia Llewellyn Smith about fear, threats and censorship