In their debut novels, National Book Award–honored authors Tess Gunty (The Rabbit Hutch, 2022 Fiction Winner) explores the interconnected lives of housing complex residents and Tommy Orange (There There, 2018 Fiction Longlist) follows 12 Native people traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Join the authors for a conversation on the significance of place and point-of-view in fiction, and why reading matters.

Moderated by Debra Magpie Earling, author and professor emeritus at the University of Montana.

Presented in partnership with Salish Kootenai College.