Get a front row seat for unguarded conversations with incredible authors. Each episode features a book handpicked by Oprah, along with an interview about issues that it brings to light. It’s a book club for today's world—a window to other worlds.
Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer (エピソード 1)
放送日: 2019-11-01
上映時間: 58 min
概要: Oprah 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.
Elizabeth Strout: Olive, Again (エピソード 2)
放送日: 2020-01-18
上映時間: 43 min
概要: Elizabeth tells Oprah how her celebrated protagonist reappeared and why she finds the everydayness of life to be extraordinary.
Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (1) (エピソード 3)
放送日: 2020-03-06
上映時間: 66 min
概要: Jeanine and Oprah are joined by authors Reyna Grande, Julissa Arce, and Esther Cepeda for a raw, revealing conversation about the novel.
Jeanine Cummins: American Dirt (2) (エピソード 4)
放送日: 2020-03-06
上映時間: 40 min
概要: Latinx people who saw themselves reflected in the book share insights into real-life migrant experiences.
Robert Kolker: Hidden Valley Road (エピソード 5)
放送日: 2020-06-12
上映時間: 52 min
概要: Oprah has in-depth discussions with author Kolker and surviving members of the Galvin family about living this extraordinary true story.
James McBride: Deacon King Kong (エピソード 6)
放送日: 2020-07-30
上映時間: 19 min
概要: Oprah and McBride discuss how his novel speaks to the current moment, his focus on the Black experience, and the inspiration for his characters.
Isabel Wilkerson: Caste (エピソード 7)
放送日: 2020-10-02
上映時間: 36 min
概要: Calling 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.
Marilynne Robinson: Gilead (エピソード 8)
放送日: 2021-04-23
上映時間: 12 min
概要: Oprah talks to Robinson about her Pulitzer Prize-winning second novel, finding the character of John Ames, and how faith shapes her writing.
Marilynne Robinson: Home (エピソード 9)
放送日: 2021-04-30
上映時間: 8 min
概要: Robinson 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.
Marilynne Robinson: Lila (エピソード 10)
放送日: 2021-05-07
上映時間: 11 min
概要: Oprah and Robinson discuss finding new layers in established characters, what America looks like at its best, and how loneliness can be a privilege.
Marilynne Robinson: Jack (エピソード 11)
放送日: 2021-05-14
上映時間: 15 min
概要: Discussing the fourth Gilead novel, Robinson opens up about its interracial romance, her writing process, and the possibility of more stories.
Nathan Harris: The Sweetness of Water (エピソード 12)
放送日: 2021-07-23
上映時間: 29 min
概要: Oprah sits down with Harris to discuss his debut novel's inspiration, his writing process, and how a biracial upbringing shaped his point of view.
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (エピソード 13)
放送日: 2021-09-23
上映時間: 27 min
概要: The acclaimed poet opens up to Oprah about the inspiration for her epic debut novel and what she hopes to impart about the Black experience.
Richard Powers: Bewilderment (エピソード 14)
放送日: 2021-10-22
上映時間: 29 min
概要: Oprah and Powers talk about his first novel since a Pulitzer Prize win, finding empathy through our differences, and his hopes for our planet.