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Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie

American Writer

Born: Oct 7, 1966

Indian Me People Think Writing You

Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner. Sherman Alexie

You Song First Out Construct Come Mix Tape

But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic. Sherman Alexie

Stuff Attic Real Cellar Interesting

Don't live up to your stereotypes. Sherman Alexie

Live Stereotypes Up Your

We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization. Sherman Alexie

Every Has-Been Indian Indians Colonization Know Reaction Were Been Europeans

All I owe the world is my art. Sherman Alexie

Art World Owe

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more. Sherman Alexie

Dream More He Most Him Frightened Needed

In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.' Sherman Alexie

Time Me You Anger Woman Heart School White Visit High Would One Time Indians High School Dated He Come Like She Because Go Lot Very Who Dad Her

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed. Sherman Alexie

Arrogant Nothing Reservation Changed Kid Opinionated Controversial Figure

White Americans have a short memory. Sherman Alexie

Memory White American Short Short Memory

My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room. Sherman Alexie

Home Father He Mostly Always His Sober Depressed Room

My name is Sherman J. Alexie Jr., and I am an insomniac. Sherman Alexie

Name Am

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. Sherman Alexie

Life Age Lie Father Long Sleepless Books Latest Television All Night Bad Mystery He Most Him Read Comic Bed Comic Books His Spy Five Same While Awake Novel Watching Night

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. Sherman Alexie

World Poverty Think Know Felt Lot Literature Certainly Gap Why

I don't think there's a whole lot of class literature at all. I think most of that has become racially based, and people don't think of it as being class literature. Sherman Alexie

Class People Become Think Most Lot Being Literature Whole Based

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture. Sherman Alexie

Respect Culture Participate Another Order Ceremonies

I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots. Sherman Alexie

Book Independent Weird Wanted Roots

My father is an amazing man. Sherman Alexie

Man Amazing Father

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