On August 11, 2011, ABRAMS and Harpo, Inc. released the cover of The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy and a list of notable luminaries who are contributing to the book. Copies of The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy can be pre-ordered wherever books are sold and will be available in stores November 15 and will probably be a BIG holiday book purchase.
The book chronicles the full 25 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show with unforgettable highlights and images, as well as essays about its indelible impact and most important themes by well-known individuals across a wide variety of areas and interests.
These contributors include:
- Maya Angelou, who writes the foreword
- Bono and Nicholas Kristof writing on giving and social action
- Ellen DeGeneres, Stanley Crouch, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., writing on equality
- Julia Roberts and Diane von Furstenberg writing on culture and style
- Toni Morrison and Elie Wiesel writing on books
- Maria Shriver and Gloria Steinem writing on women’s issues
- Dr. Phil McGraw, Mark Nepo, and Marianne Williamson writing on spirit and personal growth
- Bob Greene and Dr. Mehmet Oz writing on health and wellness
- John Travolta and Phil Donahue contributing tributes to Ms. Winfrey
The cover features an image of Ms. Winfrey taken by acclaimed fashion photographer Ruven Afanador.
About the Book
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy
Abrams
On Sale: November 15, 2011
Author: Deborah Davis w/ foreword by Maya Angelou and multiple contributors
Hardcover with jacket
$50.00 US / $55.00 CAN
ISBN: 978-1-4197-0059-0
150 color photographs 240 pages / 10 ½ X 13 ½
Read more at Oprah’s Press Room.
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