Sherman Alexie

Writing Down the Grief

Lori Ungemah | Posted 05.23.2012

Lori Ungemah

I always openly address grief, dying, and grieving in my classroom. Between the many deaths in literature and the persistent grief and melancholia in poetry, it's a subject that weaves itself easily into an English class.

The Art of the Hand-Sell, Part I

Peter Brown Hoffmeister | Posted 05.18.2012

Peter Brown Hoffmeister

As long as bookstores exist, people will keep buying books because the person next to them puts it in their hands. Literally.

He Should Have Been There All Along: Let Us Remember What Democracy Is All About

Pam Allyn | Posted 04.28.2012

Pam Allyn

Are we really so uncertain and so unsure of how stable our society is that we would become this afraid to share the perspectives of those who have experienced feelings of isolation -- or loneliness in our society or who have a different story to tell?

World Book Night Giving Away 1 Million Free Books, Needs YOUR Help

Posted 12.14.2011

Ever heard of World Book Night? If not, you will. Because they want your help to give away free books. WBN first launched in the UK last year. It t...

Sherman Alexie On Why The Best Kids Books Are Written In Blood

WSJ | Sherman Alexie | Posted 08.10.2011

Recently, I was the surprise commencement speaker at the promotion ceremony for a Seattle alternative high school. I spoke to sixty students, who'd co...

Short Stories: "iStories" Originals For The iPad And iPhone By Sherman Alexie, Kay Eldredge, And Alan Ziegler

Posted 05.25.2011

Narrative Magazine: To celebrate our new iPhone and iPad application, which brings our entire literary library to readers' fingertips for free, we've ...

Sherman Alexie Wins PEN/Faulkner Award

Posted 05.25.2011

Sherman Alexie has won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced Tuesday morning. Alexie's 2009 novel, "War Dances," came out on t...

Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie Among Writers Featured At PEN World Voices Festival

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and Sherman Alexie will be among the writers featured at the sixth annual PEN World Voices Festival of ...

PEN/Faulkner Award Nominees Announced: Alexie, Kingsolver Top The List

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Sherman Alexie and Barbara Kingsolver are among this year's finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award. The nominees for the fiction prize...

Dancing With My Shelf: A Case For Book Soundtracks

Peter Bognanni | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Bognanni

As it turns out, authors have been playing around with this direct intersection of music and literature for quite some time.

iPad, I Am

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Thane Rosenbaum

For many people who live in Manhattan and make a living by putting words on paper, the iPad might one day be remembered as its own Manhattan Project

Top 10 Rock 'N Roll Novels

The Guardian | Tiffany Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

"What is a 'rock'n'roll novel'? Rock'n'roll -- from Robert Johnson to Jack White -- is a coming-of-age sound that allows us to find ourselves, and may...

Sherman Alexie On Colbert: "The Localized Appreciation Of Books Is Gone"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Sherman Alexie was on "The Colbert Report" last night to promote his new book, "War Dances". The interview focused mostly on Alexie's views on eBooks,...

12 Months of Great Reads

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Kenneth C. Davis

Here are my twelve: Each book celebrates the birth month of an author, a holiday or some other event connected to that month.

Miami Book Fair Going Strong This Week

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

All this week, Miami is celebrating the world of literature with its annual Book Fair. Running from November 8 - 15 and open to the public for a small...

Poetry Best Sellers Of 2009

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Travis Nichols

Every week, the Poetry Foundation compiles information from Nielsen Bookscan and puts together lists of the best selling books of poetry. Here are 2009's best selling books of contemporary poetry:

Parents Seek To Have 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' Banned From 9th Grade Reading List

Chicago Tribune | Ruth Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Some parents of incoming freshmen at Antioch High School want an assigned summer reading book pulled from the school's shelves and the curriculum beca...

Hitchens Among National Book Award Finalists

AP | Hillel Italie | Posted 05.25.2011

Should Christopher Hitchens win a National Book Award, you can be sure he won't thank any higher powers. The author, columnist and commentator was no...