Tommy Orange is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel There There\, a multigenerational\, rele ntlessly paced story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: the lives of urban Native Americans. There There was one of The New York Times Book Review&rsquo\;s 10 Best Books of the Year\, and w on the Center for Fiction&rsquo\;s First Novel Prize and the Pen/Hemingway Award. There There was also longlisted for the National Book Awa rd and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His next novel\, Wanderi ng Stars\, will be released in February 2024. Orange graduated from t he MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts\, and was a 2014 M acDowell Fellow and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled me mber of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raise d in Oakland\, California.
\nAbout There There:&nbs p\;
\nA wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that fo llows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow\, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet rea lize.
\n&ldquo\;This is the kind of novel you finish and immediately need your book club to read so you can talk about it with other people. . . . It&rsquo\;s also a powerful reminder of the ability of narrative to m ove minds.&rdquo\; (GOOP)
\nAbout Wandering Stars:< /strong>
\n&ldquo\;&hellip\;a masterful follow-up to his already cla ssic first novel. Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future\, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre o f 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous&hellip\; Wandering Stars \;is a novel about epigenetic and generationa l trauma that has the force and vision of a modern epic\, an exceptionally powerful new book from one of the most exciting writers at work today and soaring confirmation of (the author&rsquo\;s) monumental gifts.&rdquo\; ( publishers press blurb)
\n"For the sake of knowing\, of understandin g\, \;Wandering Stars \;blew my heart into a thousand pieces and p ut it all back together again. This is a masterwork that will not be forgo tten\, a masterwork that will forever be part of you.&rdquo\; (Morgan Talt y\, bestselling author of \;Night of the Living Rez)
\nAs part of CALS NEA Big Read 2024 celebration of Tommy Or ange&rsquo\;s There There\, we will have additional ebook copies available on Overdrive for patrons to check out between May 6 and May 24\, 2024. You can download There There through CALS online catalog\, the CALS app\, or the Libby app.
\nNEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnersh ip with Arts Midwest. El Proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del Natio nal Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Un idos) en cooperacion con Arts Midwest.
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