Experts
Sherman Alexie
Author
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Sherman Alexie reveals how success has, and hasn’t, changed his life. Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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When Literature Meets Stand-Up
The National Book Award winner and comedian explores the ancient connections between narrative and comedy. Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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Sherman Alexie weighs the joys and frustrations of different publishing formats. Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet, Science & Tech
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Sherman Alexie, “Method Author”
How getting inside a character’s mind can mean going out of your own. Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
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“I Can Only Run the Marathon Sober”
Sherman Alexie recounts his winning battle with alcoholism. Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Health & Medicine
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How raising children changes the creative process. Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Sherman Alexie’s Literary Heroes? Literary Works.
The writer explains why he idolizes ideas, not people Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Inspiration & Wisdom
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Big Think Interview with Sherman Alexie
A conversation with the award-winning author and chronicler of the Native American experience. Read More
October 30, 2009 | In Arts & Culture
Born in 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA, Sherman Alexie is a novelist, short story writer, poet, and winner of the 2007 National Book Award in Young People's Literature for "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." His other works include "The Business of Fancydancing," "I Would Steal Horses," and "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven," a story from which was adapted into the motion picture "Smoke Signals." His novel "War Dances," the story of an author who must care for his dying alcoholic father, was released in October 2009 by Grove/Atlantic Press.
