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...psychologically acute explicitness. (Speaking to 64,000 women in New Orleans recently, he flatly broached a mother's nightmare: "You got a problem with your child. It's been 10 years since you've seen the child you wanted to see. Just some monster in his clothes.") It's Oprah-in-a-pulpit. But for Winfrey's generic spirituality, Jakes substitutes God. Says Charisma's Grady: "He taps into the core of human weakness and need and then proclaims Christ as an answer to that, in a way that causes people to stand up and shout...
Leave it to Oprah to start a revolutionary American trend: reading. Chicagoans are now reading en masse Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. And former librarian Laura Bush is using the clout of her new job to get a few notable authors to read out loud in Washington. As host of the first National Book Festival, this weekend, the First Lady will oversee an all-day affair on the Capitol lawn with readings, music, food and lessons on bookbinding. Whom has Bush picked as opening acts for this bookfest? John Adams biographer David McCullough, novelist Gail Godwin (Evensong), playwright...
...Oprah runs that town b) No other good choices for Harper Lee Day c) Boo Radley best substitute for Harry Caray d) City wants to increase literacy...
...fantasy-filled, you-can-have-it all '90s, John Peterman was the ultimate purveyor of armchair-adventure shopping. His floridly written catalog pulled in a cult following--and $75 million a year in sales--by hawking evocative clothing, furniture and collectibles to upscale shoppers. Peterman outfitted Frank Sinatra and Oprah Winfrey and got a priceless p.r. boost when the TV megahit Seinfeld parodied him on its show...
...WILD OATES: PW is intoxicated with "Middle Age: A Romance" by Joyce Carol Oates, giving it a starred review. "FORECAST: Of late, Oates can do no wrong. Deep in her career, she is pulling out the stops again. Since the success of ?Blonde,? and Oprah?s February 2001 selection of ?We Were the Mulvaneys,? more readers than ever will be gravitating to her new work (and her backlist, too) and they should be thoroughly satisfied with her latest offering...