Flagstaff Big Read Book Discussion: There There In-Person
In honor of the The 2025 Flagstaff Big Read, we will be discussing There There by Tommy Orange. Pick up your free copy at the Downtown or East Flagstaff Community Libraries, read it ahead of time, then come to the discussion on Wednesday, April 9th.
Synopsis:
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.
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