jen writes \”The Lesson of Oprah\’s Book Club …
Liking an \”Oprah Book\” meant allying yourself with the most
obvious, least cool demographic in publishing: over 30, female, someone
who thinks \”Friends\” is a bit racy. Outwardly, we smirked and claimed we
wanted our books supported by Guggenheim Fellowships, thank you, not
commercials for Palmolive. Yet as the evidence mounted, it became harder
to ignore how Oprah vigorously promoted literary mainstays like Toni
Morrison and Ernest Gaines, and how demographic slam dunks like
Danielle Steel and Mary Higgins Clark were curiously absent from her list.
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See Also: (Book Clubs\’) Life After Oprah.
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