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Tommy Orange on There There

Tommy Orange’s Novel, There There, Is a Favorite of President Obama’s

Tommy Orange’s Novel, There There, Is a Favorite of President Obama’s

“There’s a long history, and many families and stories that just haven’t been told.” Tommy Orange talks about the need for more Native American stories in literature and the origins of his debut novel, There There (Knopf, 2018), in this interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers.

Tags: Fiction | Tommy Orange | There There | Knopf | Late Night With Seth Meyers | interview | 2019
Tommy Orange

Using fiction to explore what it’s like to be Indigenous living in an urban city | Your Morning

Using fiction to explore what it’s like to be Indigenous living in an urban city | Your Morning

“I just hope that people get an updated version of what Native people are, and what we can be.” Tommy Orange discusses his debut novel, There There (Knopf, 2018), prologues, and tackling misperceptions of Native people in his writing on CTV’S Your Morning. Orange is featured in “First Fiction 2018” in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Tags: Fiction | Tommy Orange | There There | Knopf | 2018 | interview | First Fiction 2018 | July/August 2018

Poets & Writers Theater

Tommy Orange on There There

Tommy Orange’s Novel, There There, Is a Favorite of President Obama’s

Tommy Orange’s Novel, There There, Is a Favorite of President Obama’s

Tommy Orange

Using fiction to explore what it’s like to be Indigenous living in an urban city | Your Morning

Using fiction to explore what it’s like to be Indigenous living in an urban city | Your Morning