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Critics of Oprah book club title put new novel on trial

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FILE - In this May 15, 2019 file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks at the Statue of Liberty Museum opening celebration at Battery Park in New York. Winfrey announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, that she will embark on a nine city arena tour called “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus,” that will focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The tour will begin Jan. 4, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and end in early March in Denver. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Oprah Winfrey pulls ‘My Dark Vanessa’ book club selection amid controversy

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In this Feb. 13, 2020 photo released by Apple, Oprah Winfrey, right, hosts a taping of Oprah's Book Club with Jeanine Cummins, author of &quot;American Dirt,&quot; second right, and panelists, from left, Esther J. Cepeda, Julissa Arce and Reyna Grande in Tuscon, Ariz. The two-part interview will begin streaming on Apple TV Plus at midnight ET on Friday, March 6. (Karen Ballard/Apple via AP)

Critics of Oprah book club title put new novel on trial

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Oprah Winfrey participates in &quot;Oprah's 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus&quot; tour at the Barclays Center on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP)

Winfrey holds TV discussion on ‘American Dirt’ in Arizona

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Michelle Obama, left, and Oprah Winfrey participate at &quot;Oprah's 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus&quot; tour at the Barclays Center on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP)

Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey headline arena like rock stars

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This cover image released by Flatiron Books shows &quot;American Dirt,&quot; a novel by Jeanine Cummins. (Flatiron Books via AP)

Author tour for controversial ‘American Dirt’ is canceled

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This cover image released by Flatiron Books shows &quot;American Dirt,&quot; a novel by Jeanine Cummins. (Flatiron Books via AP)

American Dirt author Jeanine Cummins book tour canceled

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This cover image released by Flatiron Books shows &quot;American Dirt,&quot; a novel by Jeanine Cummins. (Flatiron Books via AP)

Winfrey chooses the novel “American Dirt” for her book club

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FILE - In this March 13, 2018, file photo, actress Oprah Winfrey poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film &quot;A Wrinkle In Time&quot; in London. Winfrey said Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, that Russell Simmons attempted to pressure her about her involvement with the documentary, “On the Record,&quot; in which several women detail sexual abuse allegations against the rap mogul, but his efforts were not what prompted her to leave the project. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Winfrey details her decision to withdraw from Simmons film

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Oprah Winfrey speaks during the Celebration of the Life of Toni Morrison, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Morrison died in August at age 88. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Winfrey, Coates among speakers at tribute to Toni Morrison

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

This combination photo shows, top row from left, Oprah Winfrey, former first lady Michelle Obama, Dwayne Johnson, Lady Gaga, bottom row from left, Jennifer Lopez, Tina Fey, Tracee Ellis Ross and Amy Schumer. Live Nation announced Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, that Winfrey’s wellness arena tour with WW, dubbed “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus,&quot; will also include guest appearances by Obama, Johnson, Lady Gaga, Lopez, Fey, Ellis Ross and Schumer. The nine-city tour will begin on January 4, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo)

Michelle Obama, Gaga, J. Lo to join Oprah on wellness tour

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This image released by Random House shows &quot;Olive. Again,&quot; by Elizabeth Strout. Oprah Winfrey has chosen Strout’s novel as her next book club read. (Random House via AP)

Winfrey picks ‘Olive, Again’ for her next book club read

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FILE - This March 4, 2019 file photo shows Oprah Winfrey at the presentation of Stella McCartney's ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 fashion collection in Paris. Winfrey says she’s giving $13 million to increase a scholarship endowment at Morehouse College in Atlanta, a historically black college. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Oprah to give $13 million more for aid at black college

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FILE - In this March 13, 2018 file photo, actress Oprah Winfrey poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film &quot;A Wrinkle In Time&quot; in London. Winfrey shocked attendees at a North Carolina fundraiser by announcing a donation of more than $1 million toward the United Negro College Fund. The Charlotte Observer reports that former talk-show host and OWN television network chief made the surprise announcement Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, while speaking at Charlotte’s 17th annual Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Luncheon. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Winfrey shocks fundraisers with $1M donation for students

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FILE - In this May 15, 2019 file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks at the Statue of Liberty Museum opening celebration at Battery Park in New York. Winfrey announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, that she will embark on a nine city arena tour called “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus,” that will focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The tour will begin Jan. 4, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and end in early March in Denver. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Oprah Winfrey launching wellness arena tour in early 2020

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Educator, author and businessman Stedman Graham speaks to inmates at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, S.C. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Graham, the longtime partner of Oprah Winfrey, spoke about leadership and finding your purpose at a special Academy of Hope program at the prison where seven inmates were killed in an April 2018 riot. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Stedman Graham visits prison for leadership talk to inmates

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FILE - This March 4, 2019 file photo shows Oprah Winfrey at the presentation of Stella McCartney's ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 fashion collection in Paris. Winfrey praised her late friend and idol, Toni Morrison, hailing the best-selling author’s “confidence and self-assuredness and nobility.” Winfrey and Morrison knew each other for more than 20 years, dating back to when Winfrey was so determined to learn the author’s unlisted phone number that she called the local fire department. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Oprah Winfrey praises her late friend and idol Toni Morrison

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FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, Oprah Winfrey smiles during a tribute to Nelson Mandela and promoting gender equality event at University of Johannesburg in Soweto, South Africa. Winfrey surprised the Maui Humane Society with a visit to thank the organization for evacuating animals during a wildfire. The Maui News reported Saturday, July 13, 2019, that Winfrey is a part-time Maui resident who only visited briefly Saturday, thanking a volunteer and taking a photo outside with the organization’s sign. A Maui Humane Society official says Winfrey is a society supporter. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Oprah Winfrey visits Maui Humane Society following wildfire

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Oprah gives $500,000 to high school after-school program

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Oprah Winfrey speaks at college graduation in Colorado

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