Spiritual matters should be private. Sherman Alexie matterprivatespiritual Change image and share on social
We all know the Indians were colonized by the Europeans, but every colonized Indian has been colonized by the Indian reaction to colonization. Sherman Alexie colonizationcolonizeeuropean Change image and share on social
I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal. Sherman Alexie aptaverageequal share on social
There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons. Sherman Alexie americanbasketballheritage Change image and share on social
I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots. Sherman Alexie bookindependentpress Change image and share on social
You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture. Sherman Alexie americanculturegrow Change image and share on social
The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more. Sherman Alexie dreamfrightenneed Change image and share on social
There isn't a lot of poverty literature in the young-adult world. And I don't know why that is, but I think certainly I felt a gap. Sherman Alexie adultfeltgap Change image and share on social
Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy. Sherman Alexie badfightform Change image and share on social
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the Crayola box. You have to be careful of the cops and robbers, because nobody's quite sure what you are, but everybody has assumptions. Sherman Alexie ambiguouslyassumptionbeige share on social
