Status Updates From There There

While reading the first few chapters I could feel the author's rage as they poured themselves into it. I wish there were sources for some of the claims in the prologue, but when looking it up they had truths. I didn't realize this was a collection of different people's stories until I was on the fourth story: "What I want to do, is to document Indian stories in Oakland" (Orange 40). The stories connect to the author.

Edwin just shat himself

Reading this for one of my classes

sentindo sentimentos

ow…

You're not ever supposed to know. Not all the way. That's what makes the whole thing work the way it does. We can't know. That's what makes us keep going.

Us bears, you Indians, we been through a lot. They tried to kill us. But then when you hear them tell it, they make history seem like one big heroic adventure across an empty forest. There were bears and Indians all over the place.Sister, they slit all our throats.

I really didn't want Opal's chapter to end. Incredible so far.

Never read a book about Native Americans and their struggles. So this is very interesting.

i don't think i've ever tried to finish a book so fast holy crap. ( im reading this for school and i was really behind😭 )

this reads so quickly

‘They took everything and ground it down to dust as fine as gunpowder, they fired their guns into the air in victory and the strays flew out into the nothingness of histories written wrong and meant to be forgotten. Stray bullets and consequences are landing on our unsuspecting bodies even now.’

Everyone is kind of just blending together at this point.

I thought I already read this. Apparently I didn’t! Looking forward to getting into it!

I’m already enjoying it:)

Currently reading this for school 😊

Can't stop won't stop

bill is so fake wtf.

I love the way the characters are all interconnecting, it makes me very glad that I am trying to color code for each character group. It is turning out to be very beautiful, both in colors and in the story progression

I think the story of the 3 brothers is my favorite so far but I am still really having a hard time getting through the sadness of this whole book, even though it is really well written. I just wish the story was more balanced with the joys of a rich culture as well, like Dene brought up in his project synopsis.

i dont know the actual page numbers, im reading a pdf version cuz broke + its for school

this one’s for gabriella. kissy kissy

I’m intrigued by the different perspectives. I may have a hard time remembering who is who as I continue to read.

2023 Re-read

i’m reading this in english class so

Really appreciate this book so far!

I like the way the stories are connected in small ways so far and the way each voice is distinct and feels like their story is maybe a part of Dene's project. But something still feels off so far.

Confused at where Dean came from. Is he the one with FAS?

Finally finding time to sit down and read again

This book is incredible from the get-go. I can see already why it has so many accolades.