Nostalgia is always doomed and dooming. Sherman Alexie doomnostalgia Change image and share on social
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. Sherman Alexie ageawakebad share on social
The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas that lead into a concluding couplet. Sherman Alexie concludecoupletenjoy Change image and share on social
I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I created a whole literary career that left me there. Sherman Alexie careerconflictcreate Change image and share on social
I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators. Sherman Alexie artistcheerleadercultural Change image and share on social
What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment. Sherman Alexie inspiremomentpoem Change image and share on social
A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature. Sherman Alexie adultedengarden Change image and share on social
I don't think there's a whole lot of class literature at all. I think most of that has become racially based, and people don't think of it as being class literature. Sherman Alexie baseclassliterature 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
