Author Tommy Orange Gives Voice to Past and Present

Tommy Orange, celebrated for his debut novel There, There, returns with Wandering Stars, which probes the dark legacy of Native American boarding schools. The book presents crucial narratives that illuminate the pain experienced by Native communities through modern storytelling. During his promotional tour, Orange will discuss these themes and the resulting emotional complexities. Known for emphasizing the importance of representation, he continues to weave together historical and personal elements to depict unresolved trauma persistently affecting Native families today, pushing against a narrative that reduces Native experiences to the past.

Wandering Stars, the ambitious sequel to There, There, takes on the painful history of Native American boarding schools in the U.S., which served as brutal reeducation sites for Native children for the better part of a century.

In the novel, the family lineage of Orvil Red Feather-a central character in There, There -collides and entwines with the shameful legacy of the Carlisle Indian School, telling 160 years of history through the lives of Red Feather's ancestors.

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