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
song firsts tape
When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.
fighting thinking tribalism
Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy.
thinking literature world
There isn't a lot of poverty literature in the young-adult world. And I don't know why that is, but I think certainly I felt a gap.
writing two three
The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas that lead into a concluding couplet.
spiritual matter should
Spiritual matters should be private.
nostalgia doomed
Nostalgia is always doomed and dooming.
father men amazing-man
My father is an amazing man.
real world way
In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.
inspire moments
What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.
strong men thinking
I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal.
revenge circles
Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle?
differences
I'm quite aware of my differences. I wouldn't classify them as weird
adventurous-life borders individual
I don't know what any individual should do about crossing her own borders. I only know that I live a happier, more adventurous life, by crossing borders.
kids arrogant controversial
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.