story and think it over. In other words, spoiler-haters,
beware – it’s assumed that anyone who watches this
show has read the book.
For the pilot, Oprah chats with journalist Ta-Nehisi
Coates, whose new novel The Water Dancer centres on
a slave who’s gifted with a photographic memory but
can’t recall a thing about his mother. Oprah spends the
hour candidly chatting with Coates about her delight
and frustrations – she says she had to read the first
paragraph three times – and then takes questions from
online fans and readers in the audience.
Just steel yourself for a thick slathering of Apple
praise. Oprah’s first show takes place in Washington,
D.C.’s Carnegie Library, which is notable for never being
segregated despite being built in 1903. Recently, Applestoryandthinkitover.Inotherwords,spoiler-haters,
beware–it’sassumedthatanyonewhowatchesthis
showhasreadthebook.
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Coates,whosenewnovelTheWaterDancercentreson
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can’trecallathingabouthismother.Oprahspendsthe
hourcandidlychattingwithCoatesaboutherdelight
andfrustrations–shesaysshehadtoreadthefirst
paragraphthreetimes–andthentakesquestionsfrom
onlinefansandreadersintheaudience.
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