A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the Iron Book Discussion Group will read and discuss There There by Tommy Orange during their next meeting in November 2026. There There was also listed among The Atlantic’s “Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years” and was named one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, NPR, Time, O: The Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and more.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
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. They converge and collide on one fateful day at the Big Oakland Powwow and 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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Copies of There There can be picked up from the Book Discussion Shelf on our first floor, and it’s also available digitally as an ebook (through Overdrive/Libby) or an audiobook (through Overdrive/Libby).
An in-person discussion of There There will be held at the library on Tuesday, November 10, at 6:00 PM. No registration is required, so please join us if you’d like to be part of the discussion.
Published on October 16, 2026.
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