Sherman Alexie

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born

October 07, 1966 in Spokane, Washington, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.fallsapart.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

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Sherman J. Alexie, Jr., was born in October 1966. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA, about 50 miles northwest of Spokane, WA. Alexie has published 18 books to date.
Alexie is an award-winning and prolific author and occasional comedian. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a modern Native American. Sherman's best known works include The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Smoke Signals, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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Books by Sherman Alexie

Average rating: 4.05 · 70,528 ratings · 10,577 reviews · 51 distinct works

	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 35,367 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions	My rating:
	The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 4.05 avg rating — 8,357 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Flight 3.81 avg rating — 4,560 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Reservation Blues 3.92 avg rating — 4,576 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Toughest Indian in the World 4.01 avg rating — 2,591 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Indian Killer 3.65 avg rating — 2,879 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Ten Little Indians 4.05 avg rating — 2,548 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	My rating:
	War Dances 3.85 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Business of Fancydancing 4.12 avg rating — 971 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Smoke Signals: A Screenplay 4.16 avg rating — 657 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Toughest Indian In The World

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“Poetry = Anger x Imagination”
― Sherman Alexie

tags: anger , equations , imagination , poetry

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“The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.”
― Sherman Alexie

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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