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| Sherman Alexie. Photograph by Mike Urban. |
Who is Sherman Alexie? In addition to posing for photographers, he has written novels, essays, and short stories. How short? Six words short. Take a look. If the link doesn't work, you might need to register at Narrative Magazine. If you want to waste more time on the web, and I mean that in a good way, go to Sherman Alexie's website. You can also watch this video with him:
Want to read a biographical sketch of James Joyce? Take your pick at the Joyce biography page at The Brazen Head: A James Joyce Public House, the self-proclaimed best Joyce page on the web.
James Joyce: "A small, thin unathletic man with very bad eyes," the narrator
of the above video says, so Hemingway stood between Joyce and a punch.
Our Ernest Hemingway assignment is weeks away, but keep these links in mind for when you read his work. Timeless Hemingway is an excellent website devoted to Hemingway where you'll find an extensive page covering Hemingway's life story. Another biography of Hemingway can be found here.
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| Hemingway with his son John Hadley in 1927 about the time of the publication of "Hills Like White Elephants" |
See the official website of Alice Waker, and you can find more information about Walker at this page.
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| Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for The Color Purple |
Having read Alexie's "The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," watching the video was a pleasure. I think I still have several copies of the book left after participating in World Book Night. Each of his works are pretty powerful, I think.
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I'm not sure if you meant this post for 1A, but accidentally wrote 1B instead. I wanted to say that I got to read "The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" as well and I thought that it was very eye opening. I was lucky enough to sit in on a talk with him at the LA Book Festival one year and he was very articulate with ideas.
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Jodi, Thank you for your note. The general post was meant for 1B, but I also thought that the Alexie section might be of interest to 1A, too. You were lucky to hear Alexie speak. I've seen him interviewed (only on TV) and found him to be very engaging.
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