Oprah Picks Franzen

[Nathan Bransford]

Nine years after picking Franzen's "The Corrections" for her book club and then canceling his appearance on her show after he expressed ambivalence over her endorsement, Winfrey has chosen his new novel, "Freedom," according to three booksellers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_ ... ey_franzen

[Mira]

Yay Oprah! Giving literary fiction the Oprah bump. Right on!

You know, everyone is talking about how Oprah is going off the air, but isn't she just creating a new T.V. channel? That doesn't seem like going off the air to me.....