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WHAT IS IT ABOUT A PERSON WHO, IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, SOARS WHERE OTHERS SINK? HOW DOES ONE BREAK THE CYCLE OF TRAUMA THAT CLAIMED SO MANY WHO CAME BEFORE? NOVELIST TOMMY ORANGE ON THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF JEFFREY MARTINEZ, 17, OF THE SICANGU AND OGLALA LAKOTA FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

November 2 2019 Tommy Orange Alessandra Sanguinetti
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ESCAPE VELOCITY

WHAT IS IT ABOUT A PERSON WHO, IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, SOARS WHERE OTHERS SINK? HOW DOES ONE BREAK THE CYCLE OF TRAUMA THAT CLAIMED SO MANY WHO CAME BEFORE? NOVELIST TOMMY ORANGE ON THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF JEFFREY MARTINEZ, 17, OF THE SICANGU AND OGLALA LAKOTA FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

November 2 2019 Tommy Orange Alessandra Sanguinetti

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