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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