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Ten Little Indians
Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, 2004
"It's tough to be a smart girl anywhere," (ain't that the truth)
"but it's way tough on the rez." From The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above.
The thing about Sherman Alexie is that he examines life from the inside out. Or maybe it's more accurate to say that he examines life from the reservation out. He has a way of ...
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The Toughest Indian in the World
Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, 2001
Master storyteller; One damned good writer
Alexie is a masterful storyteller, delivering an original and strong voice. His characters are not victims, but they're not superstars either; Alexie uses satire to unburden us from his character's racism. Each story tells many stories in order to develop ...
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, 2005
That's How I Do Life Sometimes By Making The Ordinary Just Like Magic... -Sherman Alexie
Halfway through this book I emailed the friend that bought it for me to tell him how much I was loving it. I then asked him "How the hell am I supposed to review this?" His reply was to explain that "He needs a new star, a category for 'Holy Sh!t, that one hit me ...
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Reservation Blues
Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, 2005
Music and Salvation
The use of music as a means to institute change in a lost society is a thematic element central to both plot and character development in Sherman Alexie's novel, Reservation Blues. The characters face a variety of complex decisions while at a crossroad in their lives. ...
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Eddie and the Cruisers
P.F. Kluge
Overlook TP, 2008
Find the author, find the paperback edition
Narrator Frank Ridgeway's story is that of any American adolescent, one of dreams and heroes slowly replaced by loss and friends. Eddie Wilson is the tragic visionary, the Springsteen + James Dean character that remains to this day the very heart of the American ...
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Indian Killer
Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, 2008
Well worth a second look
After reading other reviewers, I am amused and not a bit surprised. Sherman Alexie can't get a break - sure he is successful by many standards, but the critiques I read were watery. Useless, in fact. This book was a departure from Alexie's shorter stories - any why ...
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First Indian on the Moon
Sherman Alexie
Hanging Loose Press, 1993
The Many Voices of Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexi is an in-your-face poet, there's no doubt about it. He has a voice that demands to be heard, and you will listen, even unwillingly. His style is unique, mixing short, terse lines of verse alternating with long lines of prose that carry contrasts of ...
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Flight: A Novel
Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007
Great Quick Read
This book is great. A friend recommended it and I finished it in one sitting. Not the type of thing I normally read but i loved it.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
diary of a part time indian
This is an amazing coming of age novel that also encompasses a young man straddling two cultures and triumphing.
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The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems
Sherman Alexie
Hanging Loose Press, 1992
Image-rich collection should transform your view of world
The Business of Fancydancing is a collection that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up while you laugh, cry and stare at the written page with stunned amazement. Alexie uses language as a paintbrush, creating a complex mosaic of life growing up ...
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Indian Country
Gwendolyn Cates, W. Richard West
Grove/Atlantic, 2001
A Return Ticket to Indian Country
Being an individual who has travelled from England and been most fortunate and privileged to be hosted by and reside within Anishinaabe Reservation Communities in Wisconsin, I found this book, both, extremely exciting and enthralling. Its vivid content evoked many ...
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One Stick Song
Sherman Alexie
Hanging Loose Press, 2000
A brilliant satiric perspective on American Indian culture
"One Stick Song" is a superb blend of poetry and prose by Sherman Alexie. The back cover notes that the author is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, and indeed the main topic of this book is American Indian life and literature. Although Whitman is invoked in one of the ...
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It's Not Always Happily Ever After
Students From John Marshall And Indian Heritage Schools
826 Seattle, 2006
Very Impressed
These kid's did a GREAT job! For this being their first time in this program(826)I was amazed by some of the writing's these kid's produced. I can't wait until the student that gave us a tid bit(pg.#95)of the actual book he is writing to be published.
It's a hard ...
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The Business of Fancydancing
Hanging Loose Press, 1992
The Business of Fancydancing
Well written from a little known perspective and illuminating. America should be aware of how the "ruling class" treated others. Very enjoyable.
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The Summer of Black Widows
Sherman Alexie
Hanging Loose Press, 1996
admiration and awe
This collection of poems is woven beautifully together. Like his other books of poetry and novels this book is thought provoking, humorous, disturbing and wonderful. Once again I am left breathless at the end of one of Mr. Alexie's book wanting more. I found ...
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