Oprah's Book Club (2019)
Get a front row seat to unguarded conversations with incredible authors. It’s a book club for today’s world.
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Episode 1 - Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer
Release Date: 2019-11-01Oprah and Ta-Nehisi discuss the 10-year process of writing his #1 best-selling debut novel and the cultural conversation it has provoked. Plus, Ta-Nehisi visits Monticello, which inspired his book’s setting.
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Episode 2 - Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again
Release Date: 2020-01-18Elizabeth tells Oprah how her celebrated protagonist reappeared and why she finds the everydayness of life to be extraordinary.
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Episode 3 - Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt, Part 1
Release Date: 2020-03-06Jeanine and Oprah are joined by authors Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce, and Esther Cepeda for a raw, revealing conversation about the novel.
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Episode 4 - Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt, Part 2
Release Date: 2020-03-06Latinx people who saw themselves reflected in the book share insights into real-life migrant experiences.
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Episode 5 - Robert Kolker: Hidden Valley Road
Release Date: 2020-06-12Oprah has in-depth discussions with author Kolker and surviving members of the Galvin family about living this extraordinary true story.
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Episode 6 - James McBride: Deacon King Kong
Release Date: 2020-07-30Oprah and McBride discuss how his novel speaks to the current moment, his focus on the Black experience, and the inspiration for his characters.
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Episode 7 - Isabel Wilkerson: Caste
Release Date: 2020-10-02Calling the book ”a must-read for all of humanity,” Oprah asks Wilkerson what compelled her to write it and why we need a new language for race.
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Episode 8 - Marilynne Robinson: Gilead
Release Date: 2021-04-23Oprah talks to Robinson about her Pulitzer Prize-winning second novel, finding the character of John Ames, and how faith shapes her writing.
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Episode 9 - Marilynne Robinson: Home
Release Date: 2021-04-30Robinson explains what inspired her to revisit the story of Gilead from different points of view and why she chose to address the subject of race.
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Episode 10 - Marilynne Robinson: Lila
Release Date: 2021-05-07Oprah and Robinson discuss finding new layers in established characters, what America looks like at its best, and how loneliness can be a privilege.
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Episode 11 - Marilynne Robinson: Jack
Release Date: 2021-05-14Discussing the fourth Gilead novel, Robinson opens up about its interracial romance, her writing process, and the possibility of more stories.
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Episode 12 - Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water
Release Date: 2021-07-23Oprah sits down with Harris to discuss his debut novel's inspiration, his writing process, and how a biracial upbringing shaped his point of view.
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Episode 13 - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Release Date: 2021-09-23The acclaimed poet opens up to Oprah about the inspiration for her epic debut novel and what she hopes to impart about the Black experience.
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Episode 14 - Richard Powers: Bewilderment
Release Date: 2021-10-22Oprah and Powers talk about his first novel since a Pulitzer Prize win, finding empathy through our differences, and his hopes for our planet.