![]() Some readers may find the number of characters overwhelming but Indigenous readers will see no issue because the Urban Indian category is populated with a range of identities not a single stereotypical character. ![]() She wrote, “there is no there there”, and because Oakland happens to be Tommy Orange’s home town and the powwow location this title provides makes an ideal choice. There There is a clever reference to Gertrude Stein’s line about the city of her childhood, Oakland, California. This novel was shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction from the American Library Association 2019 award. ![]() He was born and raised in Oakland, California. ![]() He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. Tommy Orange is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Among the characters are a small group bent on robbing the powwow organizers who threaten to bomb the venue. The author’s debut novel examines the lives and cultural background of contemporary Indigenous people all searching for their personal identities. ![]() There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange delves into the world of Native American urban population and presents the life stories of twelve men, women, and youth all on their way to the Big Oakland Powwow. ![]()
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