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Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie

Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a poet, writer, and filmmaker. Much of his writing draws on his experiences as a Native American growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

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.'
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My father is an amazing man.
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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.
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All I owe the world is my art.
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Writing is a lonely business.
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I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.
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My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
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My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
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You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.
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I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.
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