![]() ![]() When it was published in 2018, the book drew wide praise for its richly complex characters. They are written in both first- and third-person. The book is broken up into short chapters, each focused on a particular character. “Oakland is too expensive,” said the bestselling author. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor Orange has since moved to the foothills of the Sierras with his wife and child, to be closer to family, but said he is looking for a way to get back into the city. It’s where he started writing the novel, his first. Orange used to live in Oakland and worked for a Native American health center. It’s also traditional while also being contemporary, while also being a marketplace. There’s a lot of people coming, representing geographical locations and tribal affiliations and dance styles. “I’m trying to tell a story about native people living in a city, in the city of Oakland, and there’s something about pow wows that works to represent that community,” he said. ![]() The story follows several storylines about inner-city Native Americans whose lives collide during a violent incident at a community pow wow. “There There,” a novel by Native American author Tommy Orange set in contemporary Oakland, California is The Free Library of Philadelphia’s next pick for the One Book One Philadelphia program. ![]()
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