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Tag Archives: Sherman Alexie

War Dances

…substance abuse, medical neglect, 9/11, Official Narrative vs. What Really Happened, settler religion vs. native spirituality, marketing, shopping, and war, war, war. All the heartbreaking ways we don’t live now—this is the caring, eye-opening beauty of this rollicking, bittersweet gem of a book.” —PEN/Faulkner judge Al Young on War Dances…

The Toughest Indian in the World

“Alexie reveals himself to be a more fearless writer than one might ever have imagined; the stories are bold, uncensored, raucous, and sexy.” –Ken Foster, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review…

Ten Little Indians

“In [Alexie’s] warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories, the central figures come in all shapes and sizes, sharing only their wry perspective on Indian life off the reservation. . . . They are affectionate tales of dealings between men and women.” –Janet Maslin, The New York Times…

Reservation Blues

“The mystical complexity of Reservation Blues is as mesmerizing as the poetic power of Alexie’s writing. Alexie makes his story credible while playing fast…

Indian Killer

“Vigorous prose . . . haunted, surprising characters . . . flashes of sardonic wit . . . [ Indian Killer is] a meditative…

Flight

…sentence, Alexie succeeds yet again with his ability to pierce to the heart of matters, leaving this reader with tears in her eyes.” —S. Kirk Walsh, The New York Times…

Blasphemy

New and selected stories from two decades of writing by the National Book Award-winning, best-selling, inimitable national treasure, Sherman Alexie.