Author Tommy Orange in Conversation with Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Samuel Getachew

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The Oakland Public Library hosted a conversation between award-winning author Tommy Orange and 2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Samuel Getachew at the Oakland Museum of California on November 1, 2019.
Tommy and Samuel discussed Tommy's highly-acclaimed novel, There There, growing up in Oakland, and the city's changing landscape in this in-depth discussion. Local comedian and activist Jackie Keliiaa (@jackiecomedy) emceed the discussion and Q&A.
Video shot and recorded by Matt Fisher of Precipitate Media.

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@denisec6317 4 жыл бұрын

Spectacular!! both of them. the BEST author interview i have seen....real and insightful. Their authenticity and mutual respect was so so nice to watch. Thank you Oakland Public Library!!

@ameliaknife221 3 жыл бұрын

i found your book on amazon and i am very grateful i did.

@lovecats6856 4 жыл бұрын

Have just started reading "There There". Am having difficulty getting through the swear words. I was married 24 years to a first nations Ojibwe man (from Manitoba), until he died from kidney/liver failure from alcohol. What we whites did to natives way back caused generational fallout. My dear husband was deeply damaged. Even though even my grandparents were not even born then, I feel the guilt. I am a white woman in Alberta, where the original peoples spoke Blackfoot and Cree. I am learning the Blackfoot language and a little Cree. Those are beautiful, meaningful languages. Kita'i'kimmohpoaawa.

@12olokun28 3 жыл бұрын

So refreshing. He is so humble, & he really speaks to my experiences as an urban indigenous person. Karuk Pride✊🏻

@doorbluff 3 жыл бұрын

This was fantastic. Thankful to be able to view it later like this. I read There, There while also reading Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. A one, two combo to the heart and mind.

@beerbread 3 жыл бұрын

Nice interview. I thought the woman doing the intro and questions did did a great job too.

@cindyvargas9277 3 жыл бұрын

1:01:28 What do you think of “Little Big Man?”

@barbaragoddard8769 3 жыл бұрын

l thought it was a memoir......so disappointed that it was fiction!!!.....l only read the first chapter,then decided to check it out from the library....but......don't know if l'll finish it.....but the 1st chapter was great....l just wished it was true story.....

@lovecats6856 4 жыл бұрын

Oops way too many "evens". Sorry, got carried away