“Sherman Alexie is brilliant, and this book of assorted stories, poems, essays and social commentary is a testament to his prodigious talent. War Dances won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, and Alexie’s Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian garnered him a National Book Award. Having said that, I find it difficult to describe this collection. Laugh out loud funny? Check. Brutally honest? Oh yes. Tragic? Truly. Social commentary? And how. On-the-money poems? You bet. There seems to be nothing he holds sacred: marriage, death, divorce, substance abuse and especially war. His wicked humor prevents this from being an angry rant. All I can say with complete certainty is that this book made me want to fasten my seat belt as it took me on a wild ride I never wanted to end.”—Barb, Paulina Springs Books, with locations in Sisters and Redmond, OR
Face Out
War Dances by Sherman Alexie
March 22, 2011