Nov. 25, 2009; Lisa de Moraes, “Who’s Unwilling to Pull Punches with Sarah?” Washington Post, Nov. 18, 2009; Tina Brown, “Sarah Drops the Act,” www.thedailybeast.com, Nov. 18, 2009; “Oprah Winfrey Donates to Newark Nonprofits,” Newsday, Feb. 1, 2009; Max Pizarro, “The Guru, the Star and Oprah,” www.politickernj.com, Feb. 9, 2009; Sharon Cotlier, “15 Questions with Bill Clinton,” www.people.com, May 22, 2008; “Late Night Jokes,” Sept. 5, 2009, www.newsmax.com; Dan Frederick, “Oprah to Host Obama Fundraiser,” Top of the Ticket (www.latimesblogs.latimes.com), July 7, 2007; Lynn Sweet, “Oprah’s Obama Fundraiser Sold Out?” Chicago Sun-Times, July 30, 2007; Soo Youn and Michael Saul, “Oprah Winfrey Raises $3 Million for Barack Obama,” New York Daily News, Sept. 9, 2007; John McCormick and Christi Parsons, “Winfrey Draws Rich and Famous to Obama Bash,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 9, 2007; Jonathan King, “The Oprah/Barack Affair,” Montecito Journal, Sept. 13, 2007; Richard Mineards, “From the First Canape to the Very Last Cocktail,” Santa Barbara News-Press, Sept. 11, 2007; “Oprah Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Obama,” USA Today, Sept. 9, 2007; Tina Daunt, “Obama Finds Lots of Green in Oprah’s Meadow,” Los Angeles Times, Sept. 9, 2007; transcript, Larry King Live, May 1, 2007; Colleen Mastory, “Oprah’s Gamble,” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 13, 2007; “Ellen DeGeneres Is New Favorite TV Personality as Oprah Slips to Number Two,” The Harris Poll, #6, Jan. 14, 2008; John McCormick, “First Oprah, Next Gayle King,” Swamp (www.weblogs.baltimoresun.com), Dec. 12, 2007; “How He Did It,” Newsweek, Nov. 5, 2008; Caroline Kennedy, “A President Like My Father,” New York Times, Jan. 27, 2008; Joan Walsh, “Don’t Call Oprah a ‘Traitor,’ ” www.Salon.com, Feb. 4, 2008; “The Secret Behind the Secret,” www.oprah.com, Feb. 6, 2008; Edward McClellan, “More Than 125,000 Witness History in Chicago,” www.Salon.com, Nov. 26, 2008; “Madonna, Oprah, Other Celebrities React to Obama’s Win,” AP, Nov. 5, 2008; Craig Garthwaite and Timothy J. Moore, “The Role of Celebrity Endorsements in Politics: Oprah, Obama, and the 2008 Democratic Primary,” unpublished, Sept. 2008; John Carlucci, “Winfrey on Politics: I Did My Part for Change,” AP, Sept. 14, 2009.
TV/DVDS/AUDIO/OTHER: “Remembering Ted Kennedy: Vicki Kennedy’s First TV Interview,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nov. 25, 2009; The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set); “Return of the King,” The Boondocks (viewed at www.vidilife.com); “All American Tragedy,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nov. 3, 2006; “Oprah Fridays Live: Mike Tyson Returns, Plus Evander Holyfield,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oct. 16, 2009; “Truth in America,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oct. 12, 2006; “Oprah’s Town Hall with Bill O’Reilly,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oct. 27, 2006; The O’Reilly Factor, aired April 14, 2010; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Talk, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2007; Oprah Winfrey call in to The Ed Lover Show, WWPR-FM, Nov. 4, 2008 (audio heard at www.power1051fm.com); “Will Smith and Tina Fey,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nov. 6, 2008; Oprah speech, Columbia, S.C., Dec. 9, 2007.
INTERVIEWS: Correspondence with Mary Ann Gilbert, ProQuest, Sept. 14, 2009; Marianne Means, Feb. 9, 2007; Katharine Carr Esters, Aug. 1, 2007; Senator Robert Dole, May 23, 2008; correspondence with Eileen Wood, Sept. 19, 2009; Chris Jopher Addison, Nov. 20, 2007; Trudie Munson, 2007; correspondence with Patrick Crowe, June 3, 2008; confidential source, Aug. 10, 2007; confidential source, Oct. 26, 2006; Vernon Winfrey, Apr. 24, 2008; Luvenia Harrison Butler, Apr. 24, 2008; confidential source, June 23, 2008; Alice Walker, Oct. 10, 2008.
AFTERWORD
ARTICLES: Alessandra Stanley, “The Fine Art of Quitting While She’s Ahead,” New York Times, Nov. 20, 2009; Gail Collins, “Putting the Fond in Farewell,” New York Times, Nov. 21, 2009; Joe Flint and Meg James, “Afternoons Without Oprah,” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 21, 2009; Julia Viatullo-Martin, “What Oprah’s Departure Means for the Windy City,” Wall Street Journal, Nov. 28, 2009; Nikki