tommy orange

This Winter 2024 season premiere of the Friends & Fiction Show will get you in the spirit for all the new and exciting things we have ahead in 2024! On this special “Just Us” episode, you will hear from the Fab Four all about our new format for the new year, including a run-down of our guests for the entire Winter season, plus an impromptu chat amongst our four hosts and founders about how F&F has changed them, howwriting advice they've gleaned from our guests has impacted their own craft, what they’re looking forward to in the new year, and their vulnerabilities as writers.

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Tommy Orange on his commended debut novel "There, There", which tells the intertwining stories of Native Americans en route to a pow wow in Orange's hometown of Oakland, California. He discusses what to expect from the highly anticipated sequel,  the current reckoning of the past genocide of Native Americans, white supremacy and the quest for hope versus hate.  Since its 2018 publication,"There, There" has been placed on academic reading lists and a TV series based on the book is in the works. "There, There" has been honored with many awards, including the American Book Award. PEN/Hemingway judges deemed it, "as acutely attuned to our cultural and political condition as it is to the indelible legacy of violence that brought us here." 

Please subscribe and follow the 49 Writers Active Voice podcast on Apple, Spotify and 49writers.org. And help spread the word by liking it on podcast platforms or sharing with friends and family. This conversation was recorded at KTOO Juneau. Music by Liz Snyder and Alex Kotlarz. 

Renowned Author Esmeralda Santiago and I talk about There, There by Tommy Orange, and House Made Of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday.  We talk about what it means to "belong" to a culture and I relive a time where I embarrassed myself in front of 2,000 people. 

Willingly getting in over the their heads once again, Noah and Kyle discuss the many reasons art is important, both for themselves personally and for society in general.

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As always, thanks to Josh Flynn for our tasty intro and outro music. Check him out on Instagram!
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SHOW NOTES:

Rob Gordon’s piece “Memorial Day” mentioned by Kyle:
https://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2018/05/02/fenix-continues-rebirth-with-opening-of-new-downtown-arts-space/

HuffPost article on the Arts economy in the United States:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-arts-economy-is-worth-billions_us_58d4d6e3e4b0c0980ac0e4df