In defense of Oprah’s Book Club, which critics roundly dismiss and one has called the “carpet-bombing of the American mind.” The essayist says “Winfrey’s broad appeal is built on her capacity to affirm both the simple and the complex. In the end, Winfrey wants her
audience to read books. Period. She wants her audience to read because, just as much as Harold Bloom, Franz Kafka and
other literary heavyweights, she believes reading is transformative.” National Post