Introduction / Jaime Harker and Cecilia Konchar Farr -- Oprah in the public library / Juliette Wells and Virginia Wells -- Talking readers / Cecilia Konchar Farr -- Reading religiously : the ritual practices of Oprah's book club / Katherine Lofton -- The romance of reading like Oprah / Yung-Hsing Wu -- Oprah's book selections : teleliterature for the Oprah Winfrey Show / Mark Hall -- Resisting Paradise : Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, and the middlebrow audience / Michael Perry -- Oprah's book club and the politics of cross-racial empathy / Kimberly Chabot Davis -- Beware the furrow of the middlebrow : searching for Paradise on the Oprah Winfrey show / Timothy Aubry -- "Did Isabel Allende write this book for me?" : Oprah's book club reads Daughter of fortune / Ana Patricia Rodríquez -- The trouble with happy endings : conflicting narratives in Oprah's book club / Kelley Penfield Lewis -- Your book changed my life : everyday literary criticism and Oprah's book club / Kate Douglas -- Correcting Oprah : Jonathan Franzen and the uses of literature in the therapeutic age / Kevin Quirk -- The way we read now : Oprah Winfrey, intellectuals, and democracy / Simon Stow -- Everything old is new again : Oprah's book club returns with the classics / Kathleen Rooney -- Afterward : Oprah, James Frey, and the problem of the literary / Jaime Harker. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP Jaime Harker and Cecilia Konchar Farr: Introduction Juliette Wells and Virginia Wells: Oprah in the public library Cecilia Konchar Farr: Talking readers Katherine Lofton: Reading religiously : the ritual practices of Oprah's book club Yung-Hsing Wu: The romance of reading like Oprah Mark Hall: Oprah's book selections : teleliterature for the Oprah Winfrey Show Michael Perry: Resisting Paradise : Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, and the middlebrow audience Kimberly Chabot Davis: Oprah's book club and the politics of cross-racial empathy Timothy Aubry: Beware the furrow of the middlebrow : searching for Paradise on the Oprah Winfrey show Ana Patricia Rodríquez: "Did Isabel Allende write this book for me?" : Oprah's book club reads Daughter of fortune Kelley Penfield Lewis: The trouble with happy endings : conflicting narratives in Oprah's book club Kate Douglas: Your book changed my life : everyday literary criticism and Oprah's book club Kevin Quirk: Correcting Oprah : Jonathan Franzen and the uses of literature in the therapeutic age Simon Stow: The way we read now : Oprah Winfrey, intellectuals, and democracy Kathleen Rooney: Everything old is new again : Oprah's book club returns with the classics Jaime Harker.: Afterward : Oprah, James Frey, and the problem of the literary |
