FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The premier anthology of contemporary American poetry continues with an exceptional volume edited by award-winning novelist and poet Sherman Alexie. Since its debut in 1988, The Best American Poetry has become a mainstay for the direction and spirit of American poetry. Each volume in the series presents the year's most extraordinary new poems and writers. Guest editor Sherman Alexie's picks for The Best American Poetry 2015 highlight the depth and breadth of the American experience. Culled from electronic and print journals, the poems showcase some of our leading luminaries-Amy Gerstler, Terrance Hayes, Ron Padgett, Jane Hirshfield-and introduce a number of outstanding younger poets taking their place in the limelight. A leading figure since his breakout poetry collection The Business of Fancydancing in 1992, Sherman Alexie won the National Book Award for his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He describes himself as ""lucky enough to be a full-time writer"" and has written short stories, novels, screenplays, and essays-but he is at his core a poet. As always, series editor David Lehman's foreword assessing the state of the art kicks off the book, followed by an introductory essay in which Alexie discusses his selections. The Best American Poetry 2015 is a guide to who's who and what's happening in American poetry today.

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Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Alexie's YA debut, released in hardcover to instant success, recieving seven starred reviews, hitting numerous bestseller lists, and winning the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Alexie's YA debut, released in hardcover to instant success, recieving seven starred reviews, hitting numerous bestseller lists, and winning the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Product Description: Flight is the hilarious and tragic story of an orphaned Indian boy who travels back and forth through time in a charged search for his true identity. With powerful, swift prose, Flight follows the troubled teenager as he learns that violence is not the answer...read more

Product Description: Flight is the hilarious and tragic story of an orphaned Indian boy who travels back and forth through time in a charged search for his true identity. With powerful, swift prose, Flight follows the troubled teenager as he learns that violence is not the answer.

A collection of twenty-two interconnected short stories portrays life on the Spokane Indian Reservation, relating the stories of a child with alcoholic parents, a letter-writer who is dying of cancer, and others. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

Reflecting the experience of Native Americans caught in the midst of personal and cultural turmoil, a new collection of short fiction by the award-winning author of Reservation Blues includes such works as 'The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above,' 'What You Pawn I Will Redeem,' and 'Do You Know Where I Am?' Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. 75,000 ad/promo.

Product Description: Poetry. Native American Studies. THE SUMMER OF BLACK WIDOWS presents poetry that has continued to grow in power, complexity, and vision. According to reviewer James R. Kincaid, "Mr. Alexie's is one of the major lyric voices of our time", and the many honors and an international following of readers from his poems, stories, and novels proves the claim...read more

A collection of short fiction reflecting the experience of Native Americans caught in the midst of personal and cultural turmoil includes such works as 'The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above,' 'What You Pawn I will Redeem,' and 'Do You Know Where I Am?'

Product Description: Drama. Native American Studies. "One of the most vital of the younger writers. Watch this guy. He's making myth"--Joy Harjo. "Displays a mastery of language, a breadth of vision, and an astonishing range of voice and emotion"--Studies in American Indian Literature...read more

This collection of vivid, compelling photographs takes readers on a journey through Indian territory to discover the way Native Americans are living today, both on and off the reservation--from the Tlingit of Alaska to the Navajo in the Southwest to the Seneca in New York.