Tommy Orange is here to hold the door open for future Indigenous writers
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Book Expose - What Is Your Word?
Tommy orange grew up in oakland. His mother is white, his father a member of the cheenne tribe. 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. With the publication of his first novel, he took another leap from the solitary world of reading and writing to centre stage at book expose t tol gop.
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