Sherman Alexie

2013 PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced

2013-03-06 09:52:00

One of the literary world's favorite fiction prizes, the PEN/Faulkner award, announced its 2013 finalists Wednesday. In its 33rd year, the contenders come from publishers large and small. The finalists are Amelia Gray for "Threats," published by Farrar,...

Prefer not to? Kevin Smokler says you should reread 'Bartleby'

2013-02-19 06:00:00

It's almost as if Kevin Smokler found himself in 30-something detention: well into adulthood, he was sentenced to go back and re-read the books he read in high school English class. He might have escaped if he hadn't been passing notes in class written...

Ellen Forney's 'Marbles' details struggles with depression

2012-11-23 10:00:00

-------------------- Marbles Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me A Graphic Memoir Ellen Forney Gotham: 248 pp., $20 paper -------------------- There's a glorious manic edge to Ellen Forney's "Marbles," a graphic memoir about the artist's battle...

'Casual Vacancy' fails to conjure Harry Potter's magic

2012-09-26 22:00:00

It's hardly shocking that the most fully realized characters in "The Casual Vacancy," J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, are the youngest. Fats Wall, Krystal Weedon, Gaia Bawden, Andrew Price, Sukhvinder Jawanda: Even the names are vaguely...

Reader recommendations a growing business in the book world

2012-09-23 00:00:00

This summer Molly Ringwald said that she read "Fifty Shades of Grey" because "when a book becomes that big, I feel like it's culturally relevant." No book in recent memory has sold as fast as the lead title of E.L. James' erotic trilogy. It enjoyed an...

First U.S. World Book Night giveaway announces book selections

2011-12-14 16:34:48

Storyville launches award for unpublished short fiction

2011-12-19 16:35:15

The Story Prize finalists: Delillo, Pearlman and Millhauser

2012-01-11 16:34:59

Feb. 6: Last day to volunteer for World Book Night

2012-02-06 16:35:28

Steven Millhauser beats DeLillo, Pearlman for 2011 Story Prize

2012-03-23 16:35:49

Happy World Book Night! Free books on offer all over

2012-04-23 16:35:19

Sherman Alexie, L.A.'s Louise Steinman to judge Story Prize

2011-10-18 16:34:29

The cover of 'Blasphemy' by author Sherman Alexie.

2012-10-11 15:03:06

Alexie is a poet and writer whose books include "Reservation Blues" and "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." For Romney: Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," so he'd learn that humans have advanced because of compassion and not competition.

2012-08-16 00:00:00

Sherman Alexie, author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," speaks on stage at the Literary Salon on Saturday.

2011-09-25 10:05:00