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Wandering Stars: Tommy Orange and the Sovereign Center
What happens to the story when the 'object' of our sympathy looks back and refuses the role we’ve written for them? The allegory of the 'Suffering Child' is a powerful challenge, but it creates its own blind spots: it can turn a living history into a static prop. This week, we use Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars to break that Omelas mirror. We explore the 'Sovereign Center'—a reality where trauma is not a relic in a basement, but an active, intergenerational authorship that demands a more strenuous engagement than simply 'walking away.' We also consider the legacy of the Carlisle Indian…
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