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	Sherman Alexie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Born hydrocephalic, with water on the brain, Alexie underwent a brain operation at the age of 6 months and was not expected to survive.
		Alexie planned to be a doctor until he "fainted three times in human anatomy class and needed a career change." That change was fueled when he stumbled into a poetry workshop at WSU.
		Alexie had a problem with alcohol that began soon after he started college at Gonzaga, but after learning that Hanging Loose Press agreed to publish The Business of Fancydancing, he immediately gave up drinking, at the age of 23, and has been sober ever since.
	www.geocities.com /bookcritic2003/sherman_alexie.html (310 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Sherman Alexie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Alexie was born hydrocephalic and required a brain operation when he was six months old.
		The prognosis proved to be wrong and Alexie graduated from high school with honours and attended Gonzaga University in Spokane on a scholarship, graduating in American Studies.
		Alexie collaborated on a film project with Chris Eyre, a Cheyenne/Arapaho Indian and graduate from New York University’s film school, one of the stories fromThe Lone Ranger providing the basis for the film Smoke Signals(1999) for which Alexie wrote the screenplay.
	www.literaryencyclopedia.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=73 (714 words)

	ShermanAlexie.com: Biography
		Alexie planned to be a doctor and enrolled in pre-med courses at WSU, but after fainting numerous times in human anatomy class realized he needed to change his career path.
		Alexie was the guest editor for the Winter 2000-01 issue of Ploughshares, a prestigious literary journal.
		Alexie was the commencement speaker for the University of Washington's 2003 commencement ceremony.
	www.fallsapart.com /biography.html (1407 words)

	Sherman Alexie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Sherman Alexie's razor sharp imagery and poignant directness allow him to affirm the continuing power of his tribe's cultural history.
		Alexie has a voice that resonates from his own experiences on the Spokane Indian reservation, a voice filled with passion and affection, yet echoing the irony, anger and pain of reservation life.
		Sherman Alexie is the author of four other books of poetry and prose: I would Steal Horses, Old Shirts and New Skins, The First Indian on the Moon, and The Business of Fancydancing.
	www.gc.maricopa.edu /Honors/alexie.html (262 words)

	Boulder Weekly \| Buzz \| UnCharted
		While Alexie is an award-winning author, poet and filmmaker (Smoke Signals and The Business of Fancydancing), perhaps his greatest gift is the ability to create characters so deep that they defy the limitations of race, gender and other stereotypes.
		Alexie is an accomplished poet with eight collections in his catalogue–one of which, The Business of Fancydancing (a mix of stories and poems), was made into a film in 2002 and marked Alexie’s directorial debut.
		Always the entertainer, Alexie’s upcoming appearance at the Boulder Book Store promises to deliver what fans have come to expect from the charismatic speaker–sidesplitting social commentary, funny anecdotes, great fiction, moving poetry and the opportunity to catch one of the greatest American writers in their prime.
	www.boulderweekly.com /archive/072403/buzzlead.html (1071 words)

	NPR : Sherman Alexie, 'Sitcom American'
		Morning Edition, August 18, 2003 ·; Author and poet Sherman Alexie writes about being a contemporary Native American, influenced by television sit-coms and popular music as much as fry bread and pow-wows.
		A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, Alexie was born in 1966 and grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Wash. He earned his bachelor's degree in American Studies at Washington State University.
		Sherman Alexie fan club, including links to some of his poems and short stories.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1397737 (357 words)

	P.O.V. - Borders . Border Talk . Sherman Alexie \| PBS
		Sherman: I was recently asked how I could stand to be around white people, which is so funny, considering that most of my closest friends are white.
		Sherman: As a reluctant role model, I can only advocate for two things for any youth: stay sober because you'll die young if you don't, and question all authority figures because they're usually seeking to protect their power.
		Sherman Alexie learned to read by age three and devoured novels, which often made him the brunt of other kids' jokes on the Spokane Indian Reservation where he grew up.
	www.pbs.org /pov/pov2002/borders/talk/dialogue010_sa.html (1115 words)

	The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Sherman Alexie - HarperAcademic
		A bookish child, Alexie was educated off the reservation, first at a small German immigrant high school in Reardon, then at a Jesuit university in Spokane (Alexie describes himself as “Spokane Indian Catholic”) before transferring to Washington State University and majoring in American Studies.
		Alexie shows us both the material circumstances of that life, the historical plight that placed the Indians there, and the emotional consequences of a people cut off from their traditions in a modern world in which it is nearly impossible to assimilate.
		Alexie has said, however, that all the characters represent parts of himself, so the collection can be read as a kind of oblique autobiography.
	www.harperacademic.com /catalog/instructors_guide_xml.asp?isbn=0060976241 (2037 words)

	Sherman Alexie to Speak April 19
		Sherman Alexie is a literary virtuoso, a prolific purveyor of poetry, novels, short stories and screenplays.
		Alexie was born hydrocephalic and underwent a brain operation at the age of six months but was not expected to survive.
		Alexie also is writing the screenplay for the movie adaptation of Timothy Truman's "Scout" and is adapting the book "Young Men and Fire" by Norman MacLean ("A River Runs Through It") into a screenplay.
	www.uwec.edu /newsbureau/release/past/2000/00-04/040600alexie.html (832 words)

	MPR Books - "Ten Little Indians" by Sherman Alexie
		Alexie says he wanted to write stories that reflect the urban lives of Native Americans, a theme uncommon in Native American literature.
		Sherman Alexie's stories are driven by a haunting lyricism and naked candor that cut to the heart of the human experience, shedding brilliant light on what happens when we grow into and out of each other.
		Alexie, who resides with his wife and two sons in Seattle, has published 14 books to date, including his most recent collection of short stories, The Toughest Indian in the World, and his newly released poetry collection, One Stick Song.
	www.mpr.org /www/books/titles/alexie_tenlittleindians.shtml (453 words)

	The SunLink.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Native American author Sherman Alexie heard the first, "Go back to your own country!" shouted in his direction Wednesday from a car adorned with an American flag in Spokane.
		Alexie proposed that if there is a war, "we bomb them with books." He envisioned millions of people marching to Afghanistan, singing, and offering to listen to the Taliban's story.
		Angel Ives, 12, came to see Alexie because she and her friends are fans of "Smoke Signals," the movie for which Alexie adapted the screenplay from one of his stories.
	www.thesunlink.com /news/2001/september/0920shermanalexi.html (443 words)

	Sherman Alexie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Sherman J. Alexie Jr., a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian author, was born in October, 1966, and grew up on the Spokane Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington.
		Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a collection of twenty-two of the author’s short stories; some disturbing, some uplifting, but all compelling and extremely powerful.
		Sherman Alexie, pp xxi, 49, 60, 68, 69, 79, 80, 82, 239, 267-74, 268, 338-39.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~bridge/2001/BRalexie.htm (643 words)

	Canku Ota - June 17, 2000 - Sherman Alexie
		Alexie was born hydrocephalic and underwent a brain operation at the age of 6 months, but was not expected to survive.
		A poet and author known for his exceptional lyricism and humor, Alexie made his stand-up debut at the Foolproof Northwest Comedy Festival in April 1999, and was the featured performer at the Vancouver International Comedy Festival's opening night gala in July 1999.
		In his spare time, the six-foot-two Alexie still likes to play basketball and has joked that he would willingly trade his literary career to be the 12th man on any NBA team.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues00/Co06172000/CO_06172000_Alexie.htm (845 words)

	SHERMAN ALEXIE INTERVIEW
		Already a celebrated author, poet and filmmaker, Alexie also began an incredible run of four straight wins at the World Poetry Bout Championships, which finally ended this year when he retired and finally gave somebody else a chance to win.
		Alexie: When I talk about movies in the book world, I always tell this story: When I'm among other writers, I'm always, by far, the least educated and the least well-read person.
		Alexie: It doesn't bother me. I'm happy for them, but I think it's interesting they won their Oscars for playing roles that are pretty clichéd --- the single fl mother at the sexual mercy of a white man and the psychopathic rogue cop.
	www.sick-boy.com /alexie.htm (831 words)

	Pictures and Words: Meeting Sherman Alexie
		Alexie is the acclaimed author of 14 published books, including the novels Reservation Blues and Indian Killer, his latest book of short stories The Toughest Indian in the World, and his latest collection of poems, One Stick Song.
		Alexie wrote the screenplay for the movie Smoke Signals, which won the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at Sundance Film Festival.
		Sherman Alexie's visit to Anchorage coincided with the annual Writing Rendezvous and was sponsored by the University of Alaska Anchorage, CIRI, Jacqui Carr, and Alaska Quarterly Review.
	litsite.alaska.edu /uaa/aktraditions/nativepride/alexei.html (539 words)

	The Academy of American Poets - Sherman Alexie
		Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, was born in 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington.
		Alexie and Chris Eyre wrote the screenplay for the movie Smoke Signals, which was based on Alexie's short story "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona." The movie won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998 and was released internationally by Miramax Films.
		Alexie lives with his wife and son in Seattle, Washington.
	www.poets.org /poet.php/prmPID/395 (250 words)

	Amazon.com: One Stick Song: Books: Sherman Alexie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Alexie, author most recently of the short story collection The Toughest Indian in the World [BKL Ap 1 00], expresses an anger as large and molten as the earth's core; but like the earth, which conceals its heat beneath forests and oceans, he cloaks his with mordant humor and a rough-and-ready lyricism.
		Alexie mocks the mealymouthed cant of the politically correct and, in a lashing poem titled "Open Books," the arrogance of a certain ilk of poet, then, elsewhere, tempers his rage with tenderness.
		Alexie helps people of all different backgrounds come to a better understanding of how things are in the real American world of misconceptions about American Indians and their beliefs and customs.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1882413768?v=glance (1814 words)

	JS Online: Alexie sends strong signals
		Sherman Alexie steps to the center of the stage.
		Sherman Alexie celebrates his Indian heritage and critiques America in his films and books.
		Alexie, 35, describes himself as an Indian, liberal, progressive pacifist who is bipartisan in his hatred for politicians.
	www.jsonline.com /enter/books/mar02/25632.asp (923 words)

	Sherman Alexie: Sample Poetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		But, Alexie also realizes the need for keeping the American culture as well, such as when he suggests that the revolution needs “weapons and white friends”.
		Sherman Alexie’s “Poverty of Mirrors” uses the mirror as a symbol of life.
		Also in the poem, Alexie poses the question of whether life in the country revolves around rooms without windows or doors, and sets up the countryside as the unobtainable freedom he wants.
	project1.caryacademy.org /echoes/poet_Sherman_Alexie/Sampelpoemsshermanalexie.htm (383 words)

	Royce Carlton - Sherman Alexie American Indian Smoke Signals
		Sherman Alexie “...teaches, entertains and inspires — interculturally, intergenerationally and with a flair for taking you to a creative playground that is both familiar and unfamiliar to all of us.
		A prolific novelist, poet and screenplay writer, Alexie has been hailed as one of the best young writers of his generation.
		In 2003 Alexie received Washington State University’s Highest Alumnus Award, recognizing the importance of his Native American voice to a broad audience.
	www.roycecarlton.com /speakers/alexie.html (520 words)

	Sending cinematic smoke signals: an interview with Sherman Alexie.
		Sherman Alexie, who wrote the script based on sections of his best-elling The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, has noted that American popular culture recognizes only two major Native American profiles: the warrior and the shaman.
		The literary talent of Sherman Alexie, who is coproducer as well as the scriptwriter of Smoke Signals, is very much in evidence throughout the film.
		Alexie: Exactly, and, in the same way, I use that as a way to bridge the cultural distance between the characters in my movie and the non- Indian audience.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/alexie.html (4970 words)

	Seattle Arts & Lectures - Sherman Alexie, Christina Garcia, Gish Jen, and David Foster Wallace
		Born in 1966, Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian who grew up in Wellpinit, a small town on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
		Alexie devoured books throughout his youth, developed a fiercely competitive style in the classroom, and had his nose broken five times for being the smart kid.
		An entrancing and lively storyteller, Christina Garcia was born in Havana in 1958—a year before Castro rose to power—and immigrated with her family to New York City in 1960—a year prior to the Bay of Pigs invasion.
	www.lectures.org /alexie.html (1152 words)

	'The Toughest Indian In The World' by Sherman Alexie
		Alexie loosens the reins slightly in “Class,” the story of an Indian lawyer in a rocky marriage who escapes to a local Indian dive, where he learns that his white wife has been faking orgasms.
		They are stories that let their characters live and breathe; they are stories that refuse easy answers; they are stories in which Alexie shows sympathy and compassion for his characters as people rather than as mere vehicles for his thematic concerns.
		Against the hard fact of being Indian, the best of Alexie’s stories render the anguished fate of people whose inability to forget that they are Indians is as strong as their knowledge that peace, safety and love do exist.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20000827review572.asp (565 words)

	Sherman Alexie: from writer to pop phenomenon - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		To Alexie's dismay, the issue of Native Americans critical of his work is still raised by interviewer after interviewer, in most articles written about the writer.
		Alexie grew up and was schooled on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington state, but switched to an outside high school when he found his mother's signature scrawled in one of his textbooks.
		Alexie went on to win a 1999 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and more attention from Hollywood and college-educated white women (by his own admission, the latter are the biggest fans of his literary works) than he claims ever to have wanted.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Aug/25/il/il01a.html (968 words)

	Right Brain - #2 May 93 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Alexie reaches his deepest and most complex emotions when the father appears in the poems and stories.
		Alexie turns the sestina to hard-edged purposes, to cut away romanticism from the powwow dances and reveal the young men's hunger and hope.
		Alexie's Crazy Horse poetry is a view of America from the grave, a grave that can't hold the dead.
	www.washingtonfreepress.org /02/Books.html (1145 words)

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