![]() ![]() The interconnected segments of There There, and the ways in which they build to a larger climax, are reminiscent of great novels-in-stories such as Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. Tommy Orange himself has cited the work of Native poet Layli Long Soldier (author of Whereas) and his IAIA classmate Terese Mailhot ( Heart Berries) as contemporary inspirations, but his work has drawn comparisons to the writing of celebrated novelist Louise Erdrich ( Love Medicine, The Round House) and controversial but canonical Spokane writer Sherman Alexie ( The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian). ![]()
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