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Let’s Talk About It: “There There” Book Discussion
October 12, 2024 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
October 12, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Join Let’s Talk About It, a book club for people who love to read and discuss great literature! Read There There and participate in a discussion led by Ken Hada. Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism.
This is part of a five-part series connecting book discussion with the Museum’s exhibition Cheyenne Ledger Artists of Fort Marion.
Ken Hada is a poet and English and languages professor at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. He is a recipient of the Museum’s Western Heritage Award and six-time finalist of the Oklahoma Book Awards.
Books are provided and may be checked out at the Museum; contact gjeane@nationalcowboymuseum.org.
Refreshments provided.
Interested in the Book Club? Explore the entire series of books and events.
Sept 14: Firekeeper’s Daughter
Oct. 12: There, There
Nov. 2: The Removed
Nov. 18: Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
Dec. 16: The Round House
Books, services, and other materials for this series are provided by Let’s Talk About It, a project of Oklahoma Humanities. Generous funding and support for this series was provided by Kirkpatrick Family Fund, McCasland Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, and Oklahoma City University. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these programs do not necessarily represent those of Oklahoma Humanities.
