Jeanine Cummins on her explosive new novel, American Dirt
(The Guardian Mexico)

This week, Claire talks to the controversial author Jeanine Cummins, whose thriller American Dirt - opening with a violent crime at a family barbecue and following Lydia and her son on their journey from Mexico to the US - is causing something of a stir.We also celebrate Roger Robinson´s TS Eliot prize success, and look at how trauma has always been an inspiration for poetry, memoir and fiction. Continue reading...