A new collection of stories from the author of Reservation Blues about young Native Americans introduces a surprising cast of characters who live and love in two worlds, balancing their Indian heritage and traditions against the realities of the modern world. Reprint. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Contributors to this issue include: Kathleen Alcalá, Angela Ball, Rebecca Barry, Edward Bartók-Baratta, Robin Behn, Mary Biddinger, Justin Bigos, Sophie Cabot Black, Donna Brook, Rafael Campo, Lynn Cline, Christine Deavel, Elizabeth Edwards, Chris Forhan, Juan Carlos Galeano, Dagoberto Gilb, Maggie Golston, Daniel Gutstein, Laura Henrikson, Robert Hershon, Tony Hoagland, Holly Hunt, Larry Wayne Johns, Jennifer Knox, Steve Kronen, Alex Kuo, Dorianne Laux, Jeffrey Levine, Chip Livingston, Adrian C...read more

Product Description: Poetry. Native American Studies. Sherman Alexie's poems, fiction, and essays have won him an international following since his first book, THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING, was published to great acclaim in 1992. SMOKE SIGNALS, the film he adapted from one of his stories and coproduced, enlarged his audience still further...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Gathered from one hundred prominent writing workshops around the country, this current collection of short stories presents a wide variety of new voices, settings, and styles sure to interest any avid fiction reader. Original. 17,500 first printing.

While a serial killer stalks and scalps white men in Seattle, John Smith, a Native American adopted into a white family, becomes dissatisfied with his life, and, as the killer searches for his next victim, John descends into the madness of Seattle's homeless

Product Description: Book by Alexie, Sherman

Product Description: This is an anthology of 62 poets, primarily from the Pacific Northwest, with an introduction by Charles Potts, the editor.

When Robert Johnson passes his enchanted guitar to Thomas-Builds-the-Fire, an epic journey of redemption begins that will take the storyteller and musician from the reservation, to Seattle, to Manhattan, and all points in between. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

Poetry. Native American Studies. FIRST INDIAN ON THE MOON opens with the section "Influences": "where I have been/ most of my lives/ is where I'm going/--Lucille Clifton". The stories and poems of Sherman Alexie, an enrolled Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian from Wellpint, Washington, have appeared widely, in such publications as Caliban, Esquire, The World, Beloit Poetry Journal, Red Dirt, Zyzzyva and Story. Alexie has won a National Endowment for the Arts Writing Fellowship, and lives in Spokane. "These elegiac poems and stories will break your heart. Watch this guy. He's making myth"--Joy Harjo.

A collection of poems dealing with the everyday experiences of contemporary Native Americans

Product Description: Poetry. Fiction. Published in 1992, well before Sherman Alexie became well-known as the screenwriter for the film SMOKE SIGNALS, THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING has now been turned into a film with none other than Alexie himself in his directorial debut...read more