- Sherman Alexie: "Don't Call Me Warrior"
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Mother Jones Magazine takes a few moments to interview popular Native American author Sherman Alexie about a range of things – like “Obama’s tribe, Native wannabes, and why Kindles aren’t sexy.”
His 2007 novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is one of the best Young Adult books published (one of my favorite books ever, in fact), and as far as recognising and sympathising with children’s perspectives goes, I think Alexie is one of the best authors a person can read.
Now, as usual, he’s back with his witticism and cultural insight in this interview. I particularly love his opinion on what some call the “death” of the printed word:
If I had been talking about drowning polar bears, people would have been weeping with me. But nobody recognizes that a bookstore or library can also be a drowning polar bear. And right now in this country, magazines, newspapers, and bookstores are drowning polar bears. And if people can’t see that or don’t want to talk about it, I don’t understand them at all.
Oct 12, 2009 :: Tagged under: kids books, literature, sherman alexie, young adult literature :: #
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