Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange is a multigenerational saga of Native American heritage and culture, and a stunning follow up to his previous work, There There. Along with writer Roxane Gay, Orange joins us to talk about identity and writing, representation in literature, unexpected connections to other authors and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

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Featured Books (Episode):

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

There There by Tommy Orange

An Untamed State by Roxane Gay

Opinions by Roxane Gay

Epitaph of a Winner by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Blindness by José Saramago

NW by Zadie Smith

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar