First Indian on the MoonPoetry. 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. |
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Page 11
... asks me . " Catholicism , " I tell him . And we laugh . " Hey , " he asks . “ Did you ever hear about the guy who was half - Irish and half - Indian ? ” " No , " I say . " He owned his own bar but went out of business because he was his ...
... asks me . " Catholicism , " I tell him . And we laugh . " Hey , " he asks . “ Did you ever hear about the guy who was half - Irish and half - Indian ? ” " No , " I say . " He owned his own bar but went out of business because he was his ...
Page 34
... asks the Professor from out of nowhere and the Professor , she takes a drink , clears her throat and says , " Because they're so willing to forgive their own sins . " The Bartender sets an empty glass in front of me but it's so clean ...
... asks the Professor from out of nowhere and the Professor , she takes a drink , clears her throat and says , " Because they're so willing to forgive their own sins . " The Bartender sets an empty glass in front of me but it's so clean ...
Page 49
... asks me . " Do you want a drink ? " " No thanks , cousin , ” I say and walk over to them . " What tribe you are ? " one of the Indians asks me . He's young , maybe twenty , but his nose is bright red with broken veins . " Spokane , " I ...
... asks me . " Do you want a drink ? " " No thanks , cousin , ” I say and walk over to them . " What tribe you are ? " one of the Indians asks me . He's young , maybe twenty , but his nose is bright red with broken veins . " Spokane , " I ...
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