Style

Alexie's influences for his literary works do not rely solely on traditional Indian forms. He "blends elements of popular culture, Indian spirituality, and the drudgery of poverty-ridden reservation life to create his characters and the world they inhabit," according to Quirk.

  • Granta Magazine: Twenty Best American Novelists Under the Age of 40
  • New York Times Notable Book for Indian Killer
  • People Magazine: Best of Pages

;1999

  • The New Yorker: 20 Writers for the 21st Century

;2001

  • PEN/Malamud Award

;2007

  • National Book Award, Young People's Literature, for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

;2009

  • American Library Association Odyssey Award as the year's "best audiobook for children or young adults", read by Alexie (Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, LLC, 2008, )

;2010

  • PEN/Faulkner Award for War Dances
  • Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Puterbaugh Award ", the first American Puterbaugh fellow
  • California Young Reader Medal for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

;2013

  • The John Dos Passos Prize for Literature

See also

  • List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
  • Louise Erdrich
  • Native American Renaissance
  • Native American studies
  • There There (novel)

References

Citations

Other sources

  • Alexie, Sherman; Bill Clinton and Jim Lehrer. "A Dialogue on Race with President Clinton"; . PBS News Hour. July 9, 1998.
  • Nygren, Åse (Winter 2005). "A World of Story-Smoke: A Conversation with Sherman Alexie". MELUS 30.4: 149–69. .
  • West, Dennis, and Joan M. West (Fall 1998). "Sending Cinematic Smoke Signals: An Interview with Sherman Alexie". Cineaste 23.4: 29–33.
  • Western American Literature Journal: Sherman Alexie
  • Voice of the New Tribes article by Duncan Campbell in "The Guardian" January 3, 2003
  • Sherman Alexie's poem "Punch" in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (24.1).
  • Berglund, Jeff and Jan Roush, eds. Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays, (2010) .
  • Sherman Alexie's heartbreaking reason for pausing his book tour - via KUOW News and Information

;Interviews

  • "Sherman Alexie" by Robert Capriccioso, Identity Theory, published March 23, 2003
  • "Sherman Alexie" by Joelle Fraser, Iowa Review, copyright 2001
  • "Northwest Passages: Sherman Alexie" by Emily Harris, Think Out Loud, Oregon Public Broadcasting, broadcast October 8, 2009
  • "Interview With Sherman Alexie" as 2007 National Book Award winner, by Rita Williams-Garcia
  • "No More Playing Dead for American Indian Filmmaker Sherman Alexie" by Rita Kempley, The Washington Post, July 3, 1998
  • "Sherman Alexie on Living Outside Cultural Borders" by Bill Moyers, broadcast April 12, 2013 – with "Dig Deeper" on Alexie's life, work, and influence