Minnesota State Write Like Us Presents Author Tommy Orange! (free event)

9700 France Avenue South,Bloomington MN 55431

05 April, 2022

Description

Minnesota State Write Like Us presents author Tommy Orange at Normandale Community College Tuesday, April 5 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Write Like Us is proud to present award-winning novelist Tommy Orange, author of There There, for a free public reading and interview. Orange will read from his creative work, followed by an interview by author Merle Geode. Tickets are free and open to the public. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours of the event is required. Attendees are required to wear a face mask and follow all relevant Minnesota State COVID-19 mandates. An ASL interpreter will be provided at the event. Write Like Us is an equity-based creative writing program at five Twin Cities metro-area community colleges: Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Century College, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Normandale Community College, and North Hennepin Community College. Write Like Us centers and celebrates the work of BIPOC writers and writing students, fostering literary mentorship and leadership as it builds a platform for shared stories, voices, and lived experiences. For more information about Write Like Us and our other author events, see Write Like Us. For more information about Normandale's AFA in Creative Writing, see Normandale's Creative Writing AFA. For programming questions or press, please contact [email protected]. Photo of Tommy Orange by Elena Seibert. ABOUT TOMMY ORANGE Tommy Orange is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel There There, a multi-generational, relentlessly paced story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: the lives of urban Native Americans. There There was one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year, and won the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and the Pen/Hemingway Award. There There was also longlisted for the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Orange graduated from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and was a 2014 MacDowell Fellow and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland, California. Minnesota State Write Like Us is an equity-based creative writing program at five Twin Cities metro-area community colleges: Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Century College, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Normandale Community College, and North Hennepin Community College. Minnesota State Write Like Us centers and celebrates the work of BIPOC writers and writing students, fostering literary mentorship and leadership as it builds a platform for shared stories, voices, and lived experiences. Five nationally prominent BIPOC authors will appear for public readings and on-stage interviews in March and April 2022, one author at each of the five participating colleges: Tracy K. Smith Smith will appear for a public event at Century College on Tuesday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m.Tommy Orange will appear for a public event at Normandale Community College on Tuesday, April 5 at 1:30 p.m.Hanif Abdurraqib will appear for a public event at Minneapolis Community and Technical College on Tuesday, April 12 at 3:30 p.m.Brit Bennett will appear for a public event at Anoka-Ramsey Community College on Thursday, April 21at 2 p.m.Kiese Laymon will appear for a public event at North Hennepin Community College on Thursday, April 28 at 6 p.m.All events are free and open to the public. Please sign up for your free ticket for each event in Eventbrite with Write Like Us.