There There

Tommy Orange

Twelve Native lives converging on an Oakland powwow, in a novel with no reservation in it.

Tommy Orange follows twelve Native characters converging on a powwow in Oakland, each with a different relationship to an identity the city has been trying to erase. The urban setting is the argument: this is a Native novel with no reservation in it.

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Dua Lipa

Singer-songwriter and founder of Service95

Tommy Orange starts with a brief but sharp history lesson in the prologue of There There , dispelling 400 years of slurs and stereotypes against Native people in 10 fiery pages – almost too painful to bear, but essential to start his story.

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