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Book Club Meets At Princeton With Toni M...

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Original Air Date: 3/6/1998

Oprah travels to Princeton, New Jersey to sit down one-on-one with Toni Morrison to discuss her novel “Paradise.” Then, with Gayle King and 20 Book Club members, Morrison offers a writer’s POV and examines their thoughts of the book further.

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