Not Even a Blip

Okay Franz, time to whip that novel out.

Oprah Winfrey said yesterday that she was expanding her highly influential television book club to include the works of contemporary authors, reversing a policy of choosing only classic novels and once again offering authors and their publishers the hope of huge sales resulting from her picks.

Well, maybe not.

Ms. Winfrey dismissed the notion that his remarks influenced her decision to drop the book club. "Jonathan Franzen was not even a blip on the radar screen of my life," she said. "I didn't think one day about it."

Yeah, like that's not bullshit. But anyway . . .

Not one to leave things ambiguous, The O helpfully explained,

I wanted to open the door and broaden the field," Ms. Winfrey said in an interview. "That allows me the opportunity to do what I like to do most, which is sit and talk to authors about their work. It's kind of hard to do that when they're dead."

Interesting. Oprah's favorite thing to do is talk to authors about their work. I could have sworn it was getting assaulted being hugged by Tom Cruise.