Sherman Alexie

Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (born October 7, 1966 in Spokane, Washington) is an award-winning and prolific writer (of novels, short stories, poems, and screenplays) who lives in Seattle, Washington. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a modern Native American (he is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian) in the United States. Sherman Alexie, press handout photo, copyright Rob Casey File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Spokane (pronounced spō-CAN ), originally incorporated as Spokan Falls (Spokan without an e at the end and means Children of the Sun), is the county seat of Spokane County in the State of Washington, USA. It is also known as the seat of the Inland Empire. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Poetry (from Ancient Greek: (poiéo/poió) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... For the Suquamish chief, see Chief Seattle. ... An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Native Americans in the United States (also known as Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States and their descendants in... The Spokane are First Nation/Native American people in northeastern Washington State. ... The Coeur dAlene are a First Nations/Native American people who lived in villages along the Coeur dAlene, St. ...

Alexie grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation (in Wellpinit, Washington), about 50 miles northwest of the city of Spokane. Despite a childhood of medical difficulties, he was a precocious reader who quickly became frustrated with schools on the reservation and opted to attend a nearby (all white) high school. He went on to attend Gonzaga University before transferring to Washington State University and becoming one of the first members of his tribe to graduate from college. He struggled with alcoholism in his time at college until being inspired to go sober by his initial literary successes. In the United States an Indian reservation is land which is managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interiors Bureau of Indian Affairs. ... Gonzaga University is a private, co-educational university located in Spokane, Washington. ... Washington State University   Aerial View of Pullman Campus For the state of Washington in the United States, please see Washington. ... Alcoholism is the compulsive consumption of alcohol. ...

Alexie's writing is marked by harsh depictions of reservation life, autobiographical elements, colorful use of humor, political outspokenness, seamless invocation of history and popular culture, and social commentary. He has also dabbled in stand-up comedy and music. The legendary Richard Pryor hits the money line A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs comedy in an informal way, talking to the audience with the absence of a fourth wall. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves structured and audible sound, though definitions vary. ...

Books

• The Business of Fancydancing (poetry, 1991)
• I Would Steal Horses (poetry, 1993)
• Old Shirts and New Skins (poetry, 1993)
• First Indian on the Moon (poetry, 1993)
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (short stories, 1993)
• Seven Mourning Songs For the Cedar Flute I Have Yet to Learn to Play (poetry, 1993)
• Reservation Blues (novel, 1995)
• Water Flowing Home (poetry, 1995)
• Indian Killer (novel, 1996; referred to by Alexie as "a feel-good novel about interracial murder")
• The Summer of Black Widows (poetry, 1996)
• The Man Who Loves Salmon (poetry, 1998)
• The Toughest Indian in the World (short stories, 2000)
• One Stick Song (poetry, 2000)
• Ten Little Indians (stories, 2003)

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Films

• Smoke Signals (writer, 1999; adapted from a short story, "This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" in Lone Ranger and Tonto)
• The Business of Fancydancing (writer and director, 2002)
• 49? (writer, 2003)

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See also

• List of Native American Writers

Condensed biography with quotes and references to works This is a list of Native American writers of note: Sherman Alexie Michael Dorris Charles Eastman Joy Harjo William Least Heat-Moon Tomson Highway Leslie Marmon Silko Lee Maracle Rigoberta Menchú N. Scott Momaday Daniel David Moses Wilhelm Murg Eden Robinson Ian Ross Luther Standing Bear Drew Hayden Taylor Gerald...

• Official Sherman Alexie Site
• Sherman Alexie at The Internet Movie Database
• Alexie audio reading
• Academy of American Poets Alexie page
• Review of Ten Little Indians
• Interview with Alexie
• ToxicUniverse.com interview

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