Comments on: Book Review (or rave, really): Sherman Alexie's "Ten Little Indians" http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2009/01/13/book-review-or-rave-really-sherman-alexies-ten-little-indians/ Adam J. Copeland Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: adamjcopeland http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2009/01/13/book-review-or-rave-really-sherman-alexies-ten-little-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 adamjcopeland Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:44:24 +0000 http://adamjcopeland.com/?p=721#comment-1382 Mary, "What You Pawn I Will Redeem" is in this collection. It's one that will certainly stick with me. I love how Alexie's stories live in the Native American culture, but speak so well beyond it. YA novel on the list as well :) Mary, “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is in this collection. It’s one that will certainly stick with me. I love how Alexie’s stories live in the Native American culture, but speak so well beyond it.

YA novel on the list as well :)

]]> By: Mary Shore http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2009/01/13/book-review-or-rave-really-sherman-alexies-ten-little-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 Mary Shore Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:24:11 +0000 http://adamjcopeland.com/?p=721#comment-1381 I first discovered Alexie when I read "What You Pawn I Will Redeem," in The New Yorker. I still love that story. I love seeing the main character dancing away from the pawn shop with his grandmother's pow wow dress. His novel, Indian Killer, was strange and distancing for me. It would be interesting to hear what others thought of it. I first discovered Alexie when I read “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” in The New Yorker. I still love that story. I love seeing the main character dancing away from the pawn shop with his grandmother’s pow wow dress. His novel, Indian Killer, was strange and distancing for me. It would be interesting to hear what others thought of it.

]]> By: Anne http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2009/01/13/book-review-or-rave-really-sherman-alexies-ten-little-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Anne Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:01:29 +0000 http://adamjcopeland.com/?p=721#comment-1380 His young adult novel "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" is fantastic as well. Alexie is brilliant at describing the tension between two worlds (reservation and white) and how in living between them the main character belongs nowhere. Liminality, perhaps?:) His young adult novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” is fantastic as well. Alexie is brilliant at describing the tension between two worlds (reservation and white) and how in living between them the main character belongs nowhere. Liminality, perhaps?:)

]]> By: adamjcopeland http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2009/01/13/book-review-or-rave-really-sherman-alexies-ten-little-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-1379 adamjcopeland Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:06:46 +0000 http://adamjcopeland.com/?p=721#comment-1379 "Reservation Blues" is now on the list. Many thanks for the suggestion--I'd drive to the bookstore right now, but they're closed at the moment ;) Can't wait! “Reservation Blues” is now on the list. Many thanks for the suggestion–I’d drive to the bookstore right now, but they’re closed at the moment ;) Can’t wait!

]]> By: iread http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2009/01/13/book-review-or-rave-really-sherman-alexies-ten-little-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 iread Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:54:59 +0000 http://adamjcopeland.com/?p=721#comment-1378 Sherman Alexie is one of my favorite authors on the planet. Not only does he write amazing prose, but he's an incredible poet and public speaker. If you haven't read his first novel "Reservation Blues" I recommend that you drop whatever you are doing and run to the nearest book store and purchase yourself a copy right now. It's one of the most amazing books I have ever read. If you dig his short stories you will adore his novels. Sherman Alexie is one of my favorite authors on the planet. Not only does he write amazing prose, but he’s an incredible poet and public speaker. If you haven’t read his first novel “Reservation Blues” I recommend that you drop whatever you are doing and run to the nearest book store and purchase yourself a copy right now. It’s one of the most amazing books I have ever read. If you dig his short stories you will adore his novels.

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