Earlier this morning, USA Today ran an item with a brief statement from senior editor Ron Hogan explaining our prediction for Oprah Winfrey’s next book club pick—we went with Uwem Akpan‘s short story collection Say You’re One of Them based on the price-point data, but we also felt that it was a book that would speak to Oprah’s heart. Just a few hours later, Washington Post book review editor Ron Charles went on Twitter to report that the databases at Ingram, a major book distributor, had inadvertently revealed our hunches were correct: Akpan was Winfrey’s pick. Now, we haven’t seen that anywhere else yet, but we trust Charles, so here we are.
Strike another blow for the short story renaissance!