![]() UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: They're going to introduce Tommy. NEARY: The leap to writing seemed like a natural progression to Orange, and with the publication of his first novel, he took another leap from the solitary world of reading and writing to center stage at Book Expo. ![]() I wasn't a reader, so fiction was a super novel thing for me, and the novel itself was. TOMMY ORANGE: You know, I was in my 20s and also searching for meaning. So he got a job at a bookstore, where he developed a passion for reading. He wasn't much of a reader as a kid, but after graduating from college with a degree in sound engineering, he couldn't find work. His mother is white, his father a member of the Cheyenne Tribe. LYNN NEARY, BYLINE: Tommy Orange grew up in Oakland. It drew lots of attention the other day at Book Expo, the big annual conference of the publishing industry. ![]() It explores the lives of Native Americans who live not on the reservation but in a city. The novel is "There There" by Tommy Orange, and it's set in Oakland, Calif. A much-talked-about novel sheds light on people who haven't been discussed very much at all.
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