CALS Speaker Series and NEA Big Read presents Tommy Orange
Schedule
Thu May 16 2024 at 06:30 pm
Location
CALS Ron Robinson Theater | Little Rock, AR
Advertisement
Join us at the Ron Robinson Theater on Thursday, May 16, for a discussion with Tommy Orange. Moderated by Andrea L. Rogers. This CALS Speakers Series event is honoring Rabbi Ira Sanders.Tommy Orange is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel There There, a multigenerational, relentlessly paced story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: the lives of urban Native Americans. There There was one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year, and won the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and the Pen/Hemingway Award. There There was also longlisted for the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His next novel, Wandering Stars, will be released in February 2024. Orange graduated from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and was a 2014 MacDowell Fellow and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland, California.
Register now for this exciting FREE author event at events.cals.org/event/10248876.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. El Proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperacion con Arts Midwest.
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave,Little Rock,AR,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
