Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie
Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr., born October 7, 1966) is an American poet, writer, and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation and now lives in Seattle, Washington...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 October 1966
CityWelpinet, WA
CountryUnited States of America
dream frightened needed
The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
kids self long
How self-centered, how arrogant... Imagine the awesome privilege of living in a society where you get to choose what you eat at each and every meal. When I was a kid, I was a vegetarian and a vegan for long stretches... I was a commodity cheese-atarian.
jesus body bread
We are taught to take the bread into our bodies as proof of Jesus's body.
celebrate allusion
Let us now celebrate the literary allusion.
people mind littles
Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.
eggs elephants feels
I feel like a carton of eggs holding up an elephant.
lying father book
My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel.
names insomniac
My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac.
book home views
When I had no money, and a great book came out, I couldn't get it. I had to wait. I love the idea that I have hardcover books here and at home that I haven't read yet. That's how I view that I'm rich. I have hardcover books I may never read.
coffins buried used
She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.
wounds
Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds.
book fall reading
Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be called a book if it never gets read? If a tree falls in a forest and gets pulped to make paper for a book that never gets read, but there's nobody there to read it, does it make a sound?
morning men white-man
Unlike landed white men, she didn't need to climb mountains to experience mystic panic. All she needed was to set her alarm dock for the next morning, wake when it rang, and go to class.
book fighting enough-chances
If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.