![]() ![]() There There, Tommy Orange’s novel about Oakland Indians, feels so realistic that it’s hard to believe that the answer Google gives for two of those three questions is “no”. Is the Big Oakland Powwow real? Is it possible to pull spider legs from a lump in your skin? Do aliens called Tall Whites really walk the Arizona plains? You will find yourself Googling several topics as you read There, There. Being Indian has never been about returning to the land. ![]() Everything here is formed in relation to every other living and nonliving thing from the Earth…Buildings, freeways, cars- are these not of the Earth? Is it because they’re processed, manufactured, or that we handle them? … Everything comes from something that came before, which was once nothing. “An Urban Indian belongs to the city, and cities belong to the Earth. There, There | Tommy Orange | 2018 | Vintage Books ![]()
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