Subject & Course Guides: One Book, One College: 2020-2021 Book Selection

Book Reviews

"Yes, Tommy Orange’s New Novel Really Is That Good"
-New York Times, The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2018
"..Moving and Powerful"
-The Guardian
"Pithy And Pointed 'There There' Puts Native American Voices Front And Center"
-NPR Book Reviews
"What does it mean to be Native American?"
- The Washington Post

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About There,There

"Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American—grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Hailed as an instant classic,There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable. "

- Penguin Random House

Interviews with Tommy Orange

About the Author

Author Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, he was born and raised in Oakland, California.

-Penguin Random House

Awards and Accolades for There, There

National Bestseller

One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe

Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize
Winner of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Winner of an American Book Award

Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
Shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize

One Book, One College: 2020-2021 Book Selection

There, There by Tommy Orange