5 Reads to Put on Your TBR List for Native American Heritage Month

Author Vanessa Lillie, of Providence, has penned seven novels. She’s shown with her dog, Violet. Photograph courtesy of Vanessa Lillie/portrait by Brittanny Taylor. In honor of national Native American Heritage Month, Rhode Island Monthly turned to Providence’s Vanessa Lillie, a USA Today-bestselling author, for a reading list featuring fellow Indigenous writers. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation…

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