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Said@Duke: Tommy Orange on Art's Role in the World

Part of the Said@Duke: 2019-2020 Series

Writer Tommy Orange spoke at the Kenan Institute this week about his life as a Native American in Oakland, California, the topic of his highly acclaimed first book, "There There."

"A compassionate debut that, through 12 Native American narrators making their way to a California powwow, offers a chorus of voices struggling with questions of identity and authenticity," according to the book's publisher.

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