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Interview with Sherman Alexie

Åse Elin Langeland

The award winning author Sherman Alexie is famous for his screenplays, novels and short stories about being Indian in the U.S.A. today. In this interview he tells about his health problem as a child, life on the reservation, how alcoholism touched his family and the decision that would change his his life forever: Leaving his reservation. Why do you think he had to leave?

Listen to the interview. Make notes while you listen. Afterwards you can look at the transcript for comparison.

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