Native american author sherman alexie
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Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene poet and novelist, was born on October 7, 1966, on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington. He received his BA in American studies from Washington State University in Pullman.
Alexie’s books of poetry include Face (Hanging Loose Press, 2009); One Stick Song (Hanging Loose Press, 2000); The Man Who Loves Salmon (Limberlost Press, 1998); The Summer of Black Widows (Hanging Loose Press, 1996); Water Flowing Home (Limberlost Press, 1996); Old Shirts & New Skins (American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993); First Indian on the Moon (Hanging Loose Press, 1993); I Would Steal Horses (Slipstream, 1992); and The Business of Fancydancing (Hanging Loose Press, 1992).
Alexie is also the author of several novels and collections of short fiction, including a young adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2007), which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature; Flight (Grove Press, 2007); Ten Little Indians (Grove Press, 2003); The Toughest Indian in the World (Grove Press, 2000); Indian Killer (Grove Press, 1996); Reservation Blues (Grove Pre
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Best-selling author Sherman Alexie talks storytelling and contemporary Native American life
In 1998, Alexie wrote and produced “Smoke Signals,” a film adaptation of his book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.” The movie won both the Audience Award and Filmmaker Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival. Alexie received the 2014 Literature Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and serves as the guest editor of "The Best American Poetry 2015."
The Center for the Arts and Virginia Tech’s Department of English are hosting a craft talk with Alexie at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4 in the Moss Arts Center Cube. Alexie will discuss his approach to writing and will participate in a question-and-answer session.
Alexie will also participate in a roundtable discussion with members of the student organization Native@VT and Virginia Tech Native American faculty and staff. The discussion will be moderated by Karenne Wood, director of the Virginia Indian Heritage program at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Visit the Moss Arts Center’s Grand Lobby before Alexie’s performance on Nov. 4 to learn about the past, present, and future of Virginia Native American tribes with a variety of displays from campus organizations, including Native@VT, the Society for the Advan
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