Sherman Alexie
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Sherman Alexie, Spokane/Coeur d’Alene poet & novelist
Sherman Alexie (b. October 7, 1966 Spokane, WA) is a prolific artist who is an accomplished writer, poet, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, director, and editor. He is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian who grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA. He attended high school in Spokane, WA and graduated in American Studies from Washington State University. Alexie has published 18 books to date, including his most recent novels are Flight and a young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which received the 2007 National Book Award Young People's Literature Award. In 1999 his film Smoke Signals received a Christopher Award, and was nominated for the 1999 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
Alexie's website contains up to date information on his writing, appearances, road trips, essays and a store where you can buy his recordings, videos. t-shirts and a great American Library Association poster.
See Also
Sherman Alexie from Modern American Poetry, University of Illinois.
Sherman Alexie at the 2007 Texas Book Festival
Sherman Alexie on 9/11 at Rutgers University shortly after the event
The Farm, A poem by Sherman on The Raven Chronicles
Sherman Alexie at Poets.org.
Sherman interview on NPR, Audio file available.
A conversation with Sherman Alelie at PoetrySociety.org.
Salon interview with Sherman on Smoke Signals.
Revising Sherman Alexie an interview with Dave Welch at Powells.com
Interview with Sherman at Cineaste.
Interview with Sherman at IdentityTheory.com.
Article on Sherman in Canku Ota.
Sherman's profile on the Royce Carleton Agency site.
Sherman Alexie Author poster at the American Library Association site.
Sherman on Minnesota Public Radio (audio available)
A short biography from the Internet Public Library's Native American Author Project.
Sherman's entry at IMDB (Internet Movie Dtabase)
Sherman on WBUR (Audio available)
