Contemporary Fiction
A powerful multi-generational story of urban Native Americans in Oakland, converging at a powwow with themes of identity and violence.
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A powerful multi-generational story of urban Native Americans in Oakland, converging at a powwow with themes of identity and violence.
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"Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a powerful and urgent Native American voice exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. Tommy Orange's There There introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career. "We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid--tied to the back of everything we'd been doing all along to get us here. The...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Brief mentions of sexual topics; not explicit or central. Mentions of rape and its aftermath; recurring but not graphic.
Violence & gore
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Graphic gun violence and mass shooting; intense and central to climax.
Profanity
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Moderate use of strong language throughout the narrative.
Substance use
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Frequent themes of alcoholism and drug addiction as coping mechanisms.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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No occult or magical elements depicted.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Strong themes of Native American identity, historical violence, and cultural dislocation.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief references to ideation; not depicted on-page.
Abuse & suffering
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Depictions of domestic violence, broken families, and systemic suffering. Mentions of rape and its aftermath; recurring but not graphic.
Other
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